Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carnage

Video still of Thursday’s crash scene: WNBC

Truckers Keep Killing and Maiming With Illegal Oversized Rigs. NYPD Keeps Blaming Victims.

By Brad Aaron | Jul 20, 2018 | 14 Comments

A trucker legally prohibited from driving on city streets struck a man on Amsterdam Avenue and left him “likely to die.” True to form, NYPD issued no tickets and said the victim was at fault.

Bronx Driver Who Killed Heather Lough Pleads to Reckless Driving in Exchange for Wrist Tap

By Brad Aaron | Jul 17, 2018 | 4 Comments

Robert Owens's plea arrangement with District Attorney Darcel Clark resulted in a nominal fine and a brief interruption of his driving privileges.

Scene of the crash that killed Leon Clark. Video still: News 12

Mark Gjonaj, Who Takes Money From Sanitation Salvage, Goes on TV to Blame the Company’s Victims for Their Own Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Jul 6, 2018 | 5 Comments

If Mayor de Blasio wants to reduce the carnage caused by Sanitation Salvage and other private waste haulers, he can't give in to industry shills like Gjonaj.

Bay Street in Tompkinsville, where a hit-and-run driver killed Heriberta Ramirez Friday. Image: Google Maps

Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed 2 People Walking in Brooklyn and Staten Island Over the Weekend

By Brad Aaron | Jul 2, 2018 | 1 Comment

Jose Cardoso was struck on the sidewalk outside his Greenwood Heights workplace. Heriberta Ramirez was killed crossing a Tompkinsville street by a motorist who has yet to be caught or identified.

88-Year-Old Driver Runs Red, Kills Madeline Sershen, 17, in Utopia Parkway Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2018 | 18 Comments

Other than vision tests, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles does nothing to monitor the driving abilities of license-holders as they age.

NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed 4-Year-Old Girl on Brooklyn Sidewalk and Left Scene

By Brad Aaron | Jun 25, 2018 | 48 Comments

With seven deaths, motorists have killed more children age 14 or under in the first six months of 2018 than in any year since 2014, when NYC launched the Vision Zero program.

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