Wednesday’s Headlines: Getting Away With It Edition
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NYPD on Tuesday announced the arrest of a driver for killing a woman on a motorized scooter last June. Plus other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run
Cops Say They’ve Arrested Hit-and-Run Driver Who Gravely Injured Pro Hoops Star
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The arrest came only after the victim's family pressured the NYPD to reopen a case that detectives had closed.
Road Deaths Surged Alongside Covid — But Who Died, Exactly?
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The surge of traffic deaths in the first year of the pandemic can't be completely explained by quarantine-emptied roads that made speeding easy — and new data on who, exactly, was involved in those crashes may lead to more questions than answers.
Cops Say They’ve Arrested the ‘Ghost Truck’ Driver Who Killed a 5-Year-Old
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Police say they have arrested the pickup truck driver who ran over and killed a 5-year-old boy in Queens earlier this month.
Four More Perps Sought in Hit-and-Run Rampages
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Cops are now looking for four hit-and-run perps who killed one pedestrian and injured five people, including one walker injured in a rare bike-on-ped incident.
EXCLUSIVE: Cops Questioned Driver in Fatal Brooklyn Hit-and-Run But Just Let Him Go
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A review of the NYPD investigation of the hit-and-run killing of Imorne Horton raises questions about police procedures and whether the NYPD and the Brooklyn District Attorney are sufficiently concerned about holding killer drivers accountable.