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SI Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Killing Cyclist With Boat Trailer
A motorist was charged with manslaughter for the death of a Staten Island cyclist who was struck by a boat trailer that detached from a truck.
May 16, 2016
Truck Driver Charged With Reckless Driving for Killing Heather Lough at NYBG
A truck driver struck and killed a woman outside the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx last week. He has been charged with reckless driving and failure to yield.
May 4, 2016
Driver Pleads to Manslaughter for Killing 12-Year-Old on Brooklyn Sidewalk
Update: Robert DeCarlo was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison.
May 3, 2016
Another Person Killed by Turning Motorist in the 109th Precinct
An ambulette driver was charged under the Right of Way Law for striking and killing a pedestrian in Flushing.
April 6, 2016
Associated Press Cautions Journalists That Crashes Aren’t Always “Accidents”
The Associated Press has tweaked its guidance for journalists about when to call traffic collisions "accidents."
April 4, 2016
Driver Who Killed Charity Hicks Pleads to Homicide and Leaving the Scene
The hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a Detroit woman as she waited for a bus in Hell's Kitchen pled guilty to homicide and felony leaving the scene. He will serve a minimum of two and a maximum of six years in prison, pursuant to a judge's plea offer.
March 22, 2016
NYPD: Teacher Killed by Cop in Crosswalk “Assumed Risk” by Crossing Street
NYPD and the city Law Department are fighting a lawsuit filed by the family of a Brooklyn man who was killed in a crosswalk by an on-duty officer, on the grounds that the victim behaved recklessly by crossing the street.
March 22, 2016
No ROW Charge for Garbage Hauler Who Killed Woman in UES Crosswalk
A pedestrian was struck and killed by the driver of a private garbage truck on the Upper East Side yesterday. Police determined the driver failed to yield but did not charge him with violating the Right of Way Law.
March 16, 2016
NYC Drivers Injured 1,191 Pedestrians and Cyclists, and Killed 13, in February
Eighteen people died in New York City traffic in February, and 3,770 were injured, according to Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero View crash data map.
March 15, 2016
Racial Inequity in Traffic Enforcement
With the Vision Zero Cities Conference kicking off tomorrow, Transportation Alternatives has released an accompanying collection of essays, the first edition of "The International Journal of Traffic Safety Innovation." Streetsblog is pleased to republish TA Legislative and Legal Manager Marco Conner's contribution to the journal. The whole collection is worth your time, and you can download it from TA's Vision Zero Cities site.
March 9, 2016