Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Driver Who Injured Woman on Manhattan Sidewalk Pleads to Two Felonies

By Brad Aaron | Jun 3, 2016 | 9 Comments

Update: Tiffany Murdaugh was sentenced to two to six years in prison. A woman who hit a pedestrian on a Lower Manhattan sidewalk and left the scene pled guilty to two felony charges this week. On April 13, 2015, Tiffany Murdaugh drove her Dodge Challenger over the curb on Beekman Street near William Street, striking Heather Hensl […]

Driver Who Killed Xiali Yue Pleads Guilty to Violating Victim’s Right of Way

By Brad Aaron | May 24, 2016 | 6 Comments

A driver who struck and killed a woman in a Brooklyn crosswalk pled guilty to a Right of Way Law violation. The crash happened at around 8:13 on the morning of March 16, 2015. Xiali Yue, 61, was crossing Cropsey Avenue at 21st Avenue in Bensonhurst, in a crosswalk with the walk signal, when Alexander Smotritsky hit […]

No Right of Way Charge for Driver Who Killed Toddler in Bronx Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | May 17, 2016 | 11 Comments

Update: Darcel Clark’s office sent us this statement: “Our office is investigating the incident with the NYPD Accident Investigation Squad, as we do with any fatality or serious injury when a pedestrian is struck.” NYPD and Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark have not charged the driver who struck and killed 3-year-old Mariam Dansoko in a […]

SI Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Killing Cyclist With Boat Trailer

By Brad Aaron | May 16, 2016 | 8 Comments

A motorist was charged with manslaughter for the death of a Staten Island cyclist who was struck by a boat trailer that detached from a truck. Alexa Cioffi and her friend Briana Emanuele were riding on Hylan Boulevard at Redgrave Avenue on the afternoon of September 14, 2015, when the driver of an SUV, who was […]

Truck Driver Charged With Reckless Driving for Killing Heather Lough at NYBG

By Brad Aaron | May 4, 2016 | 18 Comments

A truck driver struck and killed a woman outside the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx last week. He has been charged with reckless driving and failure to yield. The victim, 29-year-old Heather Lough, was heading to her job at the botanical garden on the morning of Wednesday, April 27, when Robert Owens, 45, hit her with […]

Driver Pleads to Manslaughter for Killing 12-Year-Old on Brooklyn Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | May 3, 2016 | 1 Comment

Update: Robert DeCarlo was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison. A man who drove a stolen minivan into a woman and her two children on a Brooklyn sidewalk, killing a 12-year-old girl and leaving the other victims with life-altering injuries, has pled guilty to manslaughter. Robert DeCarlo hit Joie Sellers, her 9-year-old sister Charlie, and their […]

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