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NYPD: Bus Driver Who Ran Woman Over Did Nothing Wrong
The bus driver who ran over and killed a woman in Canarsie last Friday broke no laws, according to NYPD.
January 28, 2013
Man Sees Driver Run Stop Sign and Kill His Wife; NYPD: “No Criminality”
A woman was killed by a bus driver in Brooklyn this morning. Despite an account from the victim's husband that the driver blew a stop sign, NYPD has already declared that "No criminality is suspected."
January 25, 2013
Taxi Drivers Demand Justice for Mir Hossain, Killed by Speeding Driver
Early Sunday morning, Mir Hossain, 35, was standing next to his double-parked cab on East 26th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues when a speeding SUV driver rear-ended his taxi, sending him flying to the pavement and killing him.
January 23, 2013
Details on Fatal Midwood Crash Don’t Mesh With NYPD Victim-Blaming
The driver of a Ford van killed a 15-year-old girl in Midwood Tuesday. It was the second crash in which a child has died in city traffic in less than a week, and at least the fourth time a motorist has killed a pedestrian in the course of six days.
January 23, 2013
Five Killed in Four Days: Holiday Season Marked by Pedestrian Deaths
In separate crashes in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx, city motorists killed five pedestrians between Christmas and New Year's Day. Four of the crashes, which took the lives of a child and three young mothers, were hit-and-runs.
January 2, 2013
David Greenfield Monitoring Investigation of Crash That Killed Bystander
City Council Member David Greenfield is keeping an eye on the investigation into a fatal collision in Brooklyn last weekend, which so far points to the culpability of both drivers involved in the crash.
December 12, 2012
NYPD: “No Criminality” When SUV Drivers Collide, Plow Into Family
No one was criminally responsible for a grisly high-speed crash in Brooklyn this weekend that left one bystander dead and three members of her family injured, according to NYPD.
December 10, 2012
Margaret Chin and 1,000 Citizens Ask NYPD to Investigate Pedestrian Death
Council Member Margaret Chin's office has joined those calling for a full investigation into the death of Kwok Fu, the 82-year-old man who was struck by the driver of a National Guard truck on Canal Street.
November 28, 2012
Three NYC Traffic Deaths, Three Very Different NYPD Investigations
Police are still looking for a cyclist who appears to have been involved in the crash that killed Kyle Larson, the 20-year-old skateboarder who last week was run over by the driver of a delivery truck on Union Square West. If the cyclist is believed to have contributed to the crash, police should try to bring him in. Nevertheless, the NYPD’s search points to a double standard when it comes to traffic fatality investigations.
November 26, 2012
Is the Truck Driver Who Killed Roxana Sorina Buta Still Behind the Wheel?
NYC DOT has not responded to Streetsblog queries concerning the death of Roxana Sorina Buta, the woman allegedly struck and killed by a DOT truck driver in a hit-and-run crash near Union Square.
November 15, 2012