BLOOD IN THE STREETS: Three More Pedestrians are Dead [UPDATED]
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Three more pedestrians have been killed by reckless drivers — bringing the total death count this bloody year to 106, or 14 percent more than this time last year.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations
UPDATE: NYPD Arrests Driver Who Hit and Killed a Woman in the Crosswalk
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Updated: Cops cuffed the driver who struck and killed a woman in a crosswalk of a Brooklyn intersection, the NYPD said on July 8. On June 30, police offered preliminary information about the death of 33-year-old Ingrid Pineda-Cuellar, who was struck by 78-year-old Jean Victorin as she crossed Utica Avenue at 6:53 a.m. on June 27. Police […]
NYPD May Stop Ticketing Cyclists After They’re Killed
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NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan’s seemingly ad-libbed comments came after a reporter at unrelated press conference asked why bikers are typically targeted for enforcement after they are killed by car drivers.
After Cyclist Was Killed, City Wrote 40 Percent of its Blitz Tix to … Cyclists!
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New York’s Finest said they had written 77 moving violation tickets between the time when Hightman's blood was washed off the street and Wednesday morning — 29 tickets went to bikers and 48 to drivers of cars and trucks.
UPDATED: Cyclist Killed on Sixth Avenue by Hit-And-Run Trucker
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The driver eventually returned to the scene, but was let go with a consoling pat on the shoulder from the NYPD.
Op-Ed: NYPD Ignores Driver Recklessness Toward Cyclists
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How do I know? Because it happened to me.