A man aboard a scooter was fatally struck by a pick-up truck in Brooklyn (NYC) early yesterday morning.
According to the NYPD, the driver of the pickup truck struck the victim as she made a right turn at Graham and Grand Aves. in the Williamsburg neighborhood around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said.
The scooter driver died at the scene. His name was not revealed at the time. The driver of the pickup truck stayed in the area and did not face immediate charges, it reported. Daily News.
In October, one person was killed and three injured, two seriously, in a gruesome double-whack in Brooklyn that began when a Mercedes collided with a scooter and then crashed into a traffic pole.
This year has been disastrous on New York asphalt in all five boroughs. From January 1 to July 31, some 150 people were killed in road accidents, according to the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT). Notably there is a 129% increase in hit and run incidents.
In addition to gun violence, traffic accidents are another big challenge for Mayor Eric Adams. This despite “Vision Zero”, a 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.
New York City had already experienced a 35% increase in traffic accidents in April, the NYPD alerted. At the end of that month there was a tragic streak to an average of one person killed by hit-and-run each day.