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Six-Month License Suspension for Truck Driver Who Killed Tourist in Manhattan Crosswalk
Maria Munez-Carna and her family were visiting the city from Spain. Driver Rance Clyburn, of New Jersey, pled guilty to a right of way violation and careless driving.
November 14, 2017
NYPD: “No Criminality Suspected” After Turning Box Truck Driver Kills Cyclist in Tribeca
Yan Jindee was one of four cyclists killed or severely injured by New York City drivers in five days. Transportation Alternatives issued a statement calling on Mayor de Blasio to build more protected bike lanes.
September 15, 2017
Action Carting Holds Another $51 Million in City Contracts Under Other Names
Action Carting, the private trash hauling company whose driver killed cyclist Neftaly Ramirez last month in Greenpoint, holds an additional $51 million in city contracts on top of the $74 million in business previously reported by Streetsblog.
August 15, 2017
Bypassing the Courts, NYPD Clears Hit-and-Run Trash Hauler Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez
NYPD said the Action Carting driver "didn't realize" he ran over a man on a bicycle -- the same excuse police gave the media hours after the crash.
August 14, 2017
Drivers With Action Carting Have Killed 5 People Since 2008, and the Company Still Holds $74 Million in City Contracts
The company has five standing contracts with city agencies -- three with DOT adding up to about $2 million and two with the Department of Environmental Protection worth about $35 million apiece. All but one of those -- an $800,000 contract with DOT -- were signed during the de Blasio administration.
August 9, 2017
Private Trash Haulers Are a Street Safety Menace — It’s Time for Carting Route Reforms
With two people killed in the last three months, there’s more urgency to implement City Hall’s proposed reforms to bring order to waste collection routes and reduce private carter mileage on city streets.
July 27, 2017
Few Details From NYPD After Sanitation Truck Driver Kills Woman in Greenwich Village
The driver of a private sanitation truck killed a 60-year-old woman in Greenwich Village last night. Overall, private trash haulers have a terrible safety record and have struck and killed at least eight people on NYC streets since 2015.
May 17, 2017
NYPD: No Charges for Trucker Who Dismembered Woman in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run
It would be the second time this month NYPD declined to charge a motorist for leaving the scene of a fatal crash -- a felony.
January 19, 2017
Cement Truck Driver Kills Cyclist Near Greenway in Hell’s Kitchen
The 65-year-old victim was on W. 55th Street, riding toward the greenway, when the driver struck her while attempting to turn right onto 12th Avenue, according to NYPD.
December 15, 2016
Truck Driver Kills Tourist at Lincoln Tunnel Access Point in Hell’s Kitchen
Maria Munez-Carna, 57, was crossing W. 39th Street when 28-year-old Rance Clyburn hit her with a Freightliner flatbed as he turned left onto 39th from 10th Avenue
December 12, 2016
