Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

NYPD: Cyclist Killed on Ocean Parkway, 13th So Far This Year

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 10, 2020 | No Comments

A 29-year-old cyclist is dead after he was hit by a driver along a notorious Brooklyn speedway early Thursday morning, cops said, making him the 13th person killed on a bike so far this year, and the fourth this month ... so far.

Around and a Roundy: See No Evil, Report No Evil

By Streetsblog | Apr 6, 2020 | No Comments

Our cartoonist gets right to the heart of the problem with the NYPD's new policy to ignore minor car crashes.

UPDATED: NYPD Will No Longer Respond to Minor Car Crashes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 30, 2020 | No Comments

The NYPD has made thousands of crashes on Staten Island simply disappear — and now is poised to do the same thing for the entire city.

The moment of impact on Ocean Parkway. Photo: NYC Scanner

Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 26, 2020 | No Comments

Paramedics rushed two people to already over-capacity emergency rooms on Wednesday evening, thanks to speeding drivers who refused to slow down amid a worsening health crisis.

The intersection of Bell Boulevard and 48th Avenue, where a driver hit and killed a senior on Sunday. Photo: Google

Another Senior Is Killed By Uncharged Driver On Bell Boulevard

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments

Another senior citizen has been run over and killed on Bell Boulevard in Queens — and the driver was once again not charged.

Deputy Chief Chuck Scholl tells Pix11 that the driver "may or may not know this happened." Video: Pix11

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NYPD Blames Two Victims For Their Own Deaths, Tells Pedestrians to Be Careful

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Why is Brooklyn South Chief Charles Scholl blaming victims and exonerating drivers? Is he a law enforcement officer or just a schoolhouse scold?

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