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Motorist Kills Joseph Ranieri, 71, in Greenpoint
Ranieri was crossing Meeker Avenue between Bridgewater Street and Gardner Avenue at around 6 a.m. when he was struck by a motorist driving a Jeep. NYPD withheld the driver’s name, identifying him only as a 30-year-old man. Police filed no charges and said the investigation is “ongoing.”
March 7, 2017
Cab Driver Who Challenged ROW Law Pleads Guilty in Pedestrian Death
Livery driver Buddhi Gurung, who killed 77-year-old Carol Dauplaise on the East Side, pled guilty after a judge ruled against him. It was the second time Manhattan DA Cy Vance successfully fended off a constitutional challenge to the city's Right of Way Law.
March 2, 2017
Turning Cab Driver Severely Injures Senior on Nostrand Avenue
A livery cab driver was arrested after severely injuring a senior on Nostrand Avenue this morning, a few blocks from where a woman was fatally struck by motorists while crossing Nostrand last month. Nostrand is one of Brooklyn's most dangerous streets for walking, according to the borough’s DOT pedestrian safety action plan.
February 14, 2017
No Charges and Scant NYPD Information After Driver Kills Senior in Inwood
The case exemplifies the NYPD practice of releasing minimal information on serious traffic crashes.
February 7, 2017
Motorist Kills 65-Year-Old Man on Main Street in Flushing
The victim was at least the fifth person killed while walking or biking this year on a street the city knows to be especially dangerous.
January 17, 2017
Feliks Dadiomov, 88, Fourth Person Killed on Vision Zero Priority Corridor in 2017
Seniors suffer disproportionately from traffic violence in NYC. NYPD and the press blamed the victim for his own death.
January 11, 2017
No Charges After Drivers Kill 3 People in Separate Crashes in 4 Hours
Motorists killed three people walking and biking in Brooklyn. In one case a driver ran over a senior in broad daylight and left the scene.
January 10, 2017
No Charges for Driver Who Killed Senior in Bensonhurst Crosswalk
A senior has died from injuries sustained when a motorist hit her in a Bensonhurst crosswalk last month. NYPD filed no charges.
December 8, 2016
MTA Bus Driver Pleads Guilty in Deadly Brooklyn Hit-and-Run Crash
An MTA bus driver who killed a senior in Brooklyn last year pled guilty to leaving the scene and violating the victim's right of way.
December 7, 2016
Drivers Have Killed Seven People in Bike-Obsessed 19th Precinct in 2016
Blanca Pagan, the senior who was struck last Friday by a driver who failed to yield, was at least the seventh pedestrian killed by a motorist this year in the 19th Precinct, on the Upper East Side. Deputy Inspector Clint McPherson, the precinct's commanding officer, has prioritized ticketing people on bikes, with encouragement from local City Council members Ben Kallos and Dan Garodnick.
October 11, 2016