A 77-year-old man was struck and killed when he entered his double-parking car yesterday afternoon in Brooklyn (NYC).
The victim was struck by a 43-year-old woman driving a Nissan Altima who was heading north on Ocean Ave. Sheepshead Bay around 4:25 p.m. Thursday, near Avenue W.
The police were called to the site, where they found the old victim with a trauma to the head and body. Paramedics rushed him to NYU Langone Hospital, Brooklyn, where he died.
The driver remained at the scene and did not immediately face charges, he said. Daily News. The victim’s name was not released as police worked to contact his family.
In a similar case, at the beginning of April A 68-year-old driver died after being hit by a truck driver who escaped on the highway outside JFK airport in New York Queen (NYC).
Traffic accidents are a major challenge in New York and In many cases the drivers fled. at the moment 2024 is already the deadliest year on New York asphalt since the creation of “Vision Zero”: 60 died from traffic accidents in the first three months of the year.
Despite this “Vision Zero” road safety plan created in 2014 by then-new Mayor Bill de Blasio, who promised to make the city safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers with a goal zero death for this year 2024.
The authorities remember that zero tolerance for drivers who drive faster and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Also cyclists and motorcyclists are often the main characters of road accidentsas victims and perpetrators, when they drive on the sides, respect the traffic lights and even the direction of the streets.
In December Governor Hochul signed the “Angelic Law”, intended to keep drivers off the road in advance by charging offenders who run vehicles after committing five or more traffic violations that result in a stop or revocation as a felony.
2024-04-27 16:37:47
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