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UPDATE: City Worker Killed by Fellow Crew Member on Upper East Side
A worker with the Department of Transportation was killed when another member of the road crew paving an Upper East Side street backed up and rolled over him with a department vehicle, police said.
October 22, 2019
Hit-and-Run Drunk Driver Kills Scooter Driver In High-Speed Queens Crash, But is Later Caught
The fatal crash occurred on a road near a jumble of expressways and service streets next to JFK Airport.
October 18, 2019
It’s 26! Another Cyclist Killed and Driver is Not Charged
A Queens cyclist who was hit by the driver of a massive Ford van in the Rockaways last month has died of her injuries — and the driver was not charged, police said.
October 18, 2019
UPDATED: Bronx Drivers Will Show they Value Parking Over Lives
Locals seek to tear up new crosswalks on street where a child was killed by a motorist. How many parking spaces is the life of a child worth?
October 17, 2019
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Senior on Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn — especially southern Brooklyn — has been a killing field this year.
October 16, 2019
Schools Boss: ‘I Haven’t Talked to Mayor About Keeping Cars Away from Kids’
"We talk curriculum and instruction," Chancellor Richard Carranza told Streetsblog.
October 16, 2019
If New York Can’t Protect Bogdan Darmetko, It Can’t Protect Anybody
If New York can't keep Bogdan Darmetko alive, or show any interest in learning lessons from his death, what hope is there for the rest of us?
October 15, 2019
BLOODY SUNDAY: Cyclist Killed By Driver In Broad Channel Is 25th This Year
The 60-year-old man was killed by the driver of a Ford Explorer. He's the 25th cyclist to die so far this year.
October 13, 2019
UPDATE: Two Pedestrians Struck, One Killed, By Driver on Deadly Church Avenue
Two more pedestrians were struck — one fatally — by a driver on deadly Church Avenue on Saturday, the latest death in a year with double-digit increases in road carnage.
October 12, 2019
Op-Ed: The Simple Way To Keep Truck Fleets Safe
The city can use its leverage with the industry to promote best practices for rigs.
October 8, 2019
