Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run

Off-Duty NYPD Cop Who Killed SI Pedestrian Found Guilty of Homicide

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2016 | 6 Comments

An off-duty NYPD officer was found guilty at trial last week for the hit-and-run killing of a pedestrian in the Mariners Harbor section of Staten Island. [Update: McClean was sentenced to one to three years in prison, fined $2,000, and had his drivers license revoked, according to the Staten Island Advance.] William Hemphill, 51, was crossing Richmond Terrace, near […]

Curb Jumper’s License Revoked Six Months for Killing Mallory Weisbrod

By David Meyer | Aug 16, 2016 | 8 Comments

Dimas Debrito, the curb-jumping driver who killed 24-year-old Mallory Weisbrod and injured two others last August, pled guilty on Thursday to two misdemeanors for reckless endangerment and failure to exercise due care leading to serious physical injury. He will also agree to a six-month license suspension. In another case, a driver will receive six months jail time after […]

Hit-and-Run Dollar Van Driver Strikes Couple, Kills Man on Flatbush Avenue

By David Meyer | Aug 15, 2016 | 23 Comments

Drivers killed two pedestrians in separate crashes in Queens and Brooklyn on Friday and Saturday. In one case, police are still looking for the driver of a minibus who fled the scene after striking a couple, killing a man and critically injuring his wife. [Update: The driver in this crash was identified as Jameson Golding. Golding was […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Murders Cyclist, So 90th Precinct Tickets People on Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 5, 2016 | 102 Comments

A hit-and-run driver killed a cyclist in Williamsburg this weekend. Though police believe the motorist ran over the victim on purpose, the 90th Precinct responded by ticketing cyclists and handing out bike safety fliers. Matthew von Ohlen, 35, was riding his bike east on Grand Street between Manhattan Avenue and Graham Avenue at around 2:20 a.m. […]

Why No Charges From Cy Vance for Hit-and-Run Killing of Noah Goldstein?

By David Meyer | Jun 30, 2016 | 35 Comments

Nearly two weeks have passed since a sanitation truck driver struck and killed 21-year-old Noah Goldstein near Columbus Circle and left the scene. The driver has been identified, yet police and Manhattan DA Cy Vance have filed no charges. The truck operator who killed Goldstein is free to keep driving on NYC streets. NYPD and Vance say an investigation […]

NYC Motorists Killed Four People Walking and Biking This Weekend

By Brad Aaron | Jun 13, 2016 | 23 Comments

New York City motorists killed four people walking and biking this weekend. One of the victims was struck in a Midtown crosswalk while crossing with the right of way, but NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance haven’t filed charges against the driver. Po Chu Ng was crossing Sixth Avenue at W. 30th Street at […]

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