Cops Blame ‘Medical Episode’ For Chain Reaction Crash That Injures 3 Pedestrians
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Like the magic words "I didn't see him," claiming some kind of "medical episode" is often times a way for drivers to get off scot-free.
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Uber SUV Driver Jumps Curbs and Injures Four on Sixth Avenue
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A high-speed crash days after speed cameras go dark.
Eyes on the Street: Driver Careens Onto Kips Bay Sidewalk, Smashes Store
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Yesterday at approximately 6:00 p.m., the driver of a silver Volkswagen involved in a two-car crash barreled onto the sidewalk at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and 23rd Street, crashing into the front door of a Duane Reade pharmacy. FDNY tells Streetsblog that two people were transported to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Witnesses […]
Details Scarce on First Reported Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths of 2013
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We have updates on the year’s first reported pedestrian and cyclist fatalities, which occurred in Manhattan and the Bronx on January 4 and 5. NYPD was not ready to release the identity of either victim as of Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, it remains unclear what caused last Friday’s collision between a cyclist and a private sanitation […]
Private Dump Truck Driver Kills Woman at 23rd and Madison
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Gothamist reports that a private dump truck driver ran over and killed a woman this afternoon in Manhattan: A woman was fatally struck by a private sanitation truck in the Flatiron district in Manhattan today. According to police, the incident happened around 12:26 p.m. at East 23rd Street and Madison Avenue. An NYPD spokesperson confirmed […]
In Mistake-Marred Letter, CB 6 Lends Voice to East Side Bike-Share NIMBYs
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Where can bike-share stations be located, according to the East Side’s not-in-my-backyard crowd? Not Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, which is both too serene for bikes and too crowded with protestors. Not around the corner from the Israeli consulate, which is too fat a target for terrorists who, as Marcia Kramer could tell you, prefer to deliver explosives via […]