Comments on: The Weekly Carnage http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/the-weekly-carnage-4/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: drewo http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/the-weekly-carnage-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2132 drewo Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:59:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/the-weekly-carnage-4/#comment-2132 The description "accident" can often be replaced more accurately with the words "carelessness" or "negligence". The description “accident” can often be replaced more accurately with the words “carelessness” or “negligence”.

]]> By: PHOBIADDICT » Blog Archive » The Weekly Carnage http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/the-weekly-carnage-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2090 PHOBIADDICT » Blog Archive » The Weekly Carnage Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:36:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/the-weekly-carnage-4/#comment-2090 [...] SB goes on to point out that U.S. traffic deaths in 2005 reached their highest level in 15 years, and offers its rundown of this week’s traffic deaths and injuries in the New York region. [...] [...] SB goes on to point out that U.S. traffic deaths in 2005 reached their highest level in 15 years, and offers its rundown of this week’s traffic deaths and injuries in the New York region. [...]

]]> By: podsednik http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/the-weekly-carnage-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 podsednik Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:27:40 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/the-weekly-carnage-4/#comment-2088 When I grow up, I want "racing to avoid a red light" to be a crime every time, regardless of whether alcohol is involved or not. When I grow up, I want “racing to avoid a red light” to be a crime every time, regardless of whether alcohol is involved or not.

]]> By: moxieb http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/the-weekly-carnage-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2072 moxieb Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:21:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/25/the-weekly-carnage-4/#comment-2072 An update on the 10 year old girl who was hit by a car last week while riding her bike in Williamsburg: Her father lives in my building, and told me that she opened her eyes for the first time yesterday (she's still in the ICU.) The driver has been cited, and apparently was drinking. According to my other neighbors, he was racing to avoid a red light. While I didn't witness the accident, neighbors also said that she was already out in the street, not darting out to the street from parked cars. Paints a different picture of the accident then this excerpt from the Daily News did: "Cops said there was no criminality in the accident and no summonses were issued. Police did not identify the driver. The driver is a construction worker with a 9-year-old daughter, said his friend Tommy Kapron, 22. He was coming home from work when the accident occurred. "She came off the sidewalk and he hit her," Kapron said. 'It was a very unfortunate accident.'" An update on the 10 year old girl who was hit by a car last week while riding her bike in Williamsburg:

Her father lives in my building, and told me that she opened her eyes for the first time yesterday (she’s still in the ICU.)

The driver has been cited, and apparently was drinking. According to my other neighbors, he was racing to avoid a red light. While I didn’t witness the accident, neighbors also said that she was already out in the street, not darting out to the street from parked cars. Paints a different picture of the accident then this excerpt from the Daily News did:

“Cops said there was no criminality in the accident and no summonses were issued. Police did not identify the driver.

The driver is a construction worker with a 9-year-old daughter, said his friend Tommy Kapron, 22. He was coming home from work when the accident occurred.

“She came off the sidewalk and he hit her,” Kapron said. ‘It was a very unfortunate accident.’”

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