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Hours into 2019, a Cyclist is Doored to Death [UPDATED]

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 1, 2019 | 19 Comments

UPDATED: A cyclist became the first victim of road violence in 2019 when he was doored into traffic on busy Third Avenue in Brooklyn and then run over by another driver just hours after the ball dropped in Times Square.

This is the scene moments after the driver hit and killed a pedestrian on the last day of 2018 in Jackson Heights. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Two More Deaths Bring a Bloody End to a Bad Year for NYC Pedestrians

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 1, 2019 | 2 Comments

Two more pedestrians were killed by drivers in the waning hours of 2018 — a year that saw an increase in pedestrian deaths despite declining fatalities for cyclists and motorists overall.

Madison Lyden's ghost bike, commemorating where she was killed by a driver in 2018. Photo: David Meyer

In Memoriam: The Lives We Lost to Road Violence in 2018 [UPDATED]

By David Meyer | Dec 31, 2018 | 11 Comments

To honor the dead, even if local prosecutors do not bring their killers to justice, we present our annual tribute to the people lost this year to violent drivers.

Another Pedestrian is Dead in Very Bad Year for City Walkers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 30, 2018 | No Comments

Ebenzer Edwards is the 112th pedestrian to be killed by drivers through December 30 — six more than last year.

Streetsies 2018: The Biggest Piece of Unfinished Business of the Year

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 27, 2018 | 8 Comments

There was plenty of good news this year. Here's the bad news.

[Updated] Driver Arrested after Killing Senior Citizen in The Bronx

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 24, 2018 | 1 Comment

A driver ran over and killed a senior citizen a few steps from her home on Miles Avenue in the dangerous Throgs Neck section of the Bronx, the NYPD said late Saturday night.

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