Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run

Accused Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer on Trial in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | May 20, 2014 | 2 Comments

A motorist who authorities say had a history of driving offenses and was driving without a license when he fatally struck a Brooklyn senior and fled the scene two years ago is on trial this week. Isabel Rodriguez, 88, was walking with her 79-year-old sister on July 22, 2012, when Wayne Stokeling drove into her at […]

Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed Two People in NYC This Weekend

By Brad Aaron | May 12, 2014 | 3 Comments

Hit-and-run drivers killed a pedestrian and a cyclist in Brooklyn and Queens this weekend. Sunday night at around 9:30, a 40-year-old man riding a bike on Rockaway Boulevard near 90th Street was struck by the driver of a Mercedes van, according to reports. NYPD told the media the driver sideswiped the cyclist from behind and […]

Driver Fatally Strikes Bushwick Cyclist, Hits Cars, Leaves Scene [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Apr 9, 2014 | 3 Comments

Update: The cyclist has been identified by WNBC as Angel Torres. The driver remained at large Thursday morning. A driver killed a cyclist in Brooklyn this morning and injured another motorist before fleeing the scene on foot. The crash occurred at around 8 a.m., when a man driving a BMW sedan hit a man on […]

Who Killed Kumar Ragunath? Police Seek Suspect as Advocates Call for Action

By Stephen Miller | Mar 14, 2014 | No Comments

Kumar Ragunath, 64, came to New York from Guyana in 1987. Five years later, he and his wife bought a house in Jamaica near Richmond Hill. He loved to play cricket and listen to Indian music, and he kept working through his retirement to help fund college for his six grandchildren. Ragunath had been out of work since […]

DA Dan Donovan: Six Months for SI Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed 5 Year Old

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2014 | 1 Comment

A Staten Island motorist who fled the scene after hitting a mother and two young children, fatally injuring the woman’s 5-year-old son, will serve six months in jail under a plea deal from District Attorney Daniel Donovan. John Sanjurjo ran over Kyrillos Gendy, his 7-year-old sister Gabriella, and 35-year-old Erieny Thomas at around 8:25 p.m. on August […]

Council Overrides Bloomberg Veto of NYPD Hit-and-Run Transparency Bill

By Brad Aaron | Feb 4, 2014 | 2 Comments

The City Council today voted to override a number of vetoes handed down by former Mayor Bloomberg. According to the Staten Island Advance, among the bills passed was Intro 1055, which requires NYPD to release information on hit-and-run crashes and investigations. The bill mandates that NYPD report quarterly on the total number of “critical injury” hit-and-run […]

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