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Update: New Year, Same Carnage: Two Killed In Separate Hit-and-Runs
It turns out that two hit-and-run drivers killed pedestrians in separate incidents in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.
January 1, 2026
Streetsies 2025: A Year of Horrific Carnage By Drivers
Car drivers terrorized New Yorkers throughout the year. Here are the most shocking examples of traffic violence in the five boroughs.
December 23, 2025
Anatomy of a Manhunt: How NYPD Quickly Caught a Hit-and-Run Killer on the Lower East Side
Cops used laser-fast technology, old-style gumshoe detective work and a little help from the hapless suspect to make an arrest in last week's hit-and-run.
December 22, 2025
Pedestrian Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver on Crowded Lower East Side Street
The driver kept going. EMTs took the badly injured woman to Bellevue Hospital, where she died.
December 19, 2025
Serious Traffic Injuries Went Up This Summer Under Adams, Bucking a Trend
The city recorded a 5-percent increase in serious injuries in the most-recent quarter, though overall injuries are down.
December 18, 2025
Van Driver Kills Cyclist on Riverside Drive: Cops
The victim was a philanthropist who was cycling up Riverside Drive in Washington Heights early on Sunday.
December 11, 2025
Tuesday’s Headlines: Fury Roads Edition
So many crashes on Ocean Parkway. Yet things don't really change. Plus other news.
November 25, 2025
West Village Pol Demands DOT Act after Fatal Pedestrian Crash
Erik Bottcher has demanded that the city review the design of the West Village intersection where a cargo van driver killed a pedestrian earlier this month.
November 12, 2025
SLAUGHTER: Wrong-Way Van Driver Kills Woman in West Village Crosswalk
The driver of a commercial van struck and killed a woman in her 20s as he drove the wrong way on Morton Street.
November 6, 2025
Driver Fatally Doors Cyclist in Queens Yet is Not Charged
A Citi Bike rider was killed after being doored on Monday by a Queens motorist — yet the driver was not initially charged for the illegal act.
October 28, 2025
