Bicyclist, 66, fatally struck by pickup truck in Bronx: cops

A 66-year-old bicyclist was fatally struck by a pickup truck in The Bronx, police said.

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Teen fatally struck by hit-and-run truck driver in NYC, 8-year-old sister gravely injured

A 16-year-old girl was killed and her sister, 8, was gravely injured when they were struck by a hit-and-run truck driver in a Queens crosswalk on Wednesday afternoon, according to police and source…

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Texas cyclist, 69, mowed down in brazen hit-and-run ‘lucky to be alive’ as suspected drunk driver is ID'd as American Airlines worker

“I was unconscious for a number of minutes,” he said. “I guess some people thought I wasn’t breathing.”

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Why doesn’t @nypd do anything? Why won’t @queensdakatz prosecute #failuretoyield? (Who owns the truck the unlicensed driver drove? Are there any laws anymore?)
Selective Prosecution
Why didn’t the @NYPD #towtruck driver face the same charges for #failuretoyield? @dakatz step up @nycmayor
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/03/14/homicide-charge-jose-barcia-speeding-queens-pick-up-truck-driver-killed-boy-crosswalk-mom/
Homicide charge for speeding pick-up truck driver who hit boy, 8, in front of mom in Queens crosswalk

Jose Barcia, 52, is charged with criminally negligent homicide, failure to yield, failure to exercise due car and driving at an unsafe speed.

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From subsidies to slanted enforcement
The car has ruined people’s existence
Facilitating isolation’s bent
It’s wealth’s entitlement’s persistence
@NYPD
#HeadlinePoem
#CarCulture
#FailureToYield
https://nypost.com/2023/12/16/metro/mta-crackdown-nabs-44-toll-cheats-who-owe-nearly-1m-in-fees/
MTA nabs 44 toll cheats who owe nearly $1M in unpaid fees during four-day crackdown: 'Fundamental fairness'

An MTA enforcement blitz this week nabbed 44 vehicles owned by persistent toll evaders who owe nearly $1 million worth of unpaid fees and fines, officials said.

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It’s about time that cars obey the law
Toll cheaters thieving is the iceberg’s tip
Making it easy for autos: a flaw
Because governments’ always let wealth slip
#HeadlinePoem
#CarCulture
#FailureToYield
https://nypost.com/2023/12/16/metro/mta-crackdown-nabs-44-toll-cheats-who-owe-nearly-1m-in-fees/
MTA nabs 44 toll cheats who owe nearly $1M in unpaid fees during four-day crackdown: 'Fundamental fairness'

An MTA enforcement blitz this week nabbed 44 vehicles owned by persistent toll evaders who owe nearly $1 million worth of unpaid fees and fines, officials said.

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