Sep. 24, 2024 By Naisha Roy Bay Ridge residents are banding together to help the family of neighbor Segundo Reina-Gaon after he was identified as the victim of a fatal hit-and-run crash on Sept. 11. Reina-Gaon, 74, was crossing Ridge Boulevard on Bay Ridge Avenue when he was struck by the driver of a…
Tag: traffic-safety
Driver hits, kills wheelchair user in Brownsville less than a block from victim’s home
Jun. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A 63-year-old man pedestrian using a wheelchair was hit and killed by the driver of an SUV at a Brownsville intersection on June 1, according to the NYPD.
‘Overcome with pain’: Family of Dyker Heights woman killed by pickup driver ask for community support
Jan. 22, 2024 By Adam Daly
The family of the Dyker Heights woman killed by a pickup truck driver a short distance from her home on Jan. 16 say they are “overcome with pain” following her death, as local pols push for greater pedestrian safety measures to be implemented.
Cyclist killed by school bus driver in Borough Park; 23rd bicyclist to die in New York City this year
Sep. 22, 2023 By Adam Daly
A school bus driver struck and killed a bike rider Thursday afternoon in Borough Park.
66-year-old woman dead after she and 2-year-old grandchild hit by truck in Bath Beach: NYPD
Sep. 12, 2023 By Jada Camille
A 66-year-old woman has died after a driver struck her and her 2-year-old grandchild at the intersection of Bath Avenue and 25th Avenue on Tuesday afternoon, according to the NYPD.