A man on a motorcycle died after running a red light in Brooklyn (NYC) and being hit by the driver of a BMW car early Christmas morning.
According to the NYPD, the 30-year-old victim was riding his moped on Linden Blvd. in Canarsie when he sped through a steady red light on Thomas S. Boyland St. around 2 a.m. Monday. After doing so, he was hit by the driver of a white BMW.
Paramedics took the motorcyclist to Brookdale University Hospital, but were unable to save him. His name was not revealed at the time.
The driver of the car remained at the scene and did not face immediate charges. “The accident left debris scattered across the road and sidewalk hours later. Not far from the destroyed moped was a pair of shoes” that apparently belonged to the victim, he described. Daily News.
In a similar case, earlier this month a 59-year-old motorcyclist who collided with a yellow taxi in Queens (NYC) died after agonizing for four days.
The authorities remember that there is zero tolerance for drivers who drive at excess speed and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs..
The New York Governor Kathy Hochulsigned this month the “Angelic Law”, intended to keep drivers with prior suspensions off the road by charging repeat offenders who operate vehicles after committing five or more traffic violations that resulted in prior suspensions or revocations as a felony.
Traffic accidents are a great challenge in New York. This despite “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 motorists with a goal of zero deaths by 2024. According to the NYPD, cyclist deaths increased 260% in the first six months of 2023 and 325% since the implementation of the “Vision Zero” plan in 2014. In many cases the drivers flee.
2023-12-26 15:25:00
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