Cops Say They Have Arrested the Car-Obsessed Hit-and-Run Driver Who Critically Wounded a Park Slope Pedestrian
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Cops said 31-year-old David Mocete smashed into the pedestrian at around 9 p.m. last Thursday, then fled
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Thursday’s Headlines: City Budget Reveal Edition
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The mayor mars his sober budget message with a tendentious crime chart. Plus other news.
E-Cyclist Dies After Being Doored On Deadly West Side Strip
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An e-bike rider who was doored by a taxi passenger last month has died of his injuries — and neither the driver nor his passenger was summonsed for the illegal act. It is the first cyclist death of the year, according to the Department of Transportation.
SEE IT: Horrifying Crash at Notorious Queens Intersection Puts City DOT on Notice — Again
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A man was run over — twice — by two reckless drivers at a dangerous Queens intersection on Saturday night, a crash that reveals a lot about the city's failure to protect pedestrians.
EXCERPT: There are No ‘Accidents’ — We Have Been Fooled into Thinking There Are
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This excerpt from the new book, "There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster — Who Profits and Who Pays the Price" will make you rethink crashes, capitalism and culpability.
Pedestrian Killed by Teen Driver in Brooklyn, Cops Say
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A Brooklyn pedestrian was fatally struck by a teenage driver on Saturday night at a notorious intersection, Department of Transportation officials said.