Woman Penalized 8 Lakhs for Hitting Pedestrian and Causing Hip Injury
A Chinese court recently mandated a 29-year-old woman to pay 70,000 yuan (approximately 8.3 million rupees) in damages after inadvertently colliding with a pedestrian who ended up with a broken hip. This incident unfolded in a residential area in Shandong last May. The case garnered significant attention on Chinese social media, with many questioning the […]
Kentucky Teacher, While Intoxicated, Hit and Killed a Pedestrian and Then Tried to Go to School
A tragic hit and run incident in Kentucky involving an elementary school teacher has resulted in the victim’s death. The Fayette County Coroner confirmed that the pedestrian, 32-year-old Joshua Hampton, succumbed to his injuries two days after the crash in Lexington. This was reported on Thursday. The suspect in this case has been identified as […]
Callous hit-and-run U-Haul driver arrested months after killing pedestrian left a trove of stolen credit cards behind: prosecutors
The heartless hit-and-run U-Haul driver, accused of fatally plowing a pedestrian near Queen's College this week, was arrested this week. Jamie Ferreira, 37, was arrested Tuesday and charged with manslaughter, assault, robbery and other crimes due to the crash on August 20th, when 56-year-old pedestrian David Opiera died. Ta. According to Queens District Attorney Melinda […]
New Jersey pedestrian deaths reach 36-year high
Hundreds of people died on New Jersey roads in 2024, making it the deadliest year for pedestrians in more than 30 years. Last year, an astonishing 221 pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents across the Garden State, most of them in Essex County. State police data shows. The number of deaths is 29% higher than […]
Long Island driver strikes elderly pedestrian
A callous hit-and-run driver struck and killed an elderly man on Long Island Wednesday night, dragged the dying victim to the side of the road and then drove off, authorities said. Nassau County Police say Jeffrey Frank, 74, was crossing Broadway near the Everitt Avenue intersection in Hewlett just after 10 p.m. when he was […]
Bicyclist stabs pedestrian, pedals away after argument on NYC crosswalk outside Washington Square Park: sources
An assailant on a bicycle carrying a delivery bag stabbed a man twice during a fight that escalated outside Washington Square Park on Tuesday night, police and sources said. Officials said the victim was crossing the street when he got into an argument with the suspect at Washington Square South and Thompson Street just after […]
Feds proposing redesign of trucks, SUVs to reduce pedestrian deaths
The U.S. government's National Highway Safety Administration is calling on the auto industry to design new vehicles that: Larger SUVs and pickup trucks It can reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it is proposing new rules that would set testing and performance requirements. Minimize the risk of pedestrian […]
George Stephanopoulos tells random pedestrian that Biden cannot serve another term, then retracts after video hits TMZ
“Good Morning America” anchor George Stephanopoulos was forced to retract a comment he made about President Joe Biden after making the comment to a pedestrian who was recording the conversation. “I answered a question from a passerby. I shouldn’t have done that.” TMZ called the confession, made Tuesday by a former Bill Clinton campaign staffer, […]
Genovese mobster ‘Tony Cakes’ ID’d as elderly NYC pedestrian decapitated by DOT truck
It was La Crossing Nostra. The 86-year-old man who was run over and decapitated by a truck in a Brooklyn crosswalk was a former acting leader of the Genovese crime family, The Washington Post can reveal exclusively. Anthony Conigliaro, a mob boss who was once known by dessert-related nicknames such as “Tony Cakes” and “Tony […]
Video shows driver of NYC DOT truck inconsolable after decapitating elderly pedestrian
The driver who struck and decapitated an elderly pedestrian in Brooklyn looks inconsolable in a new video capturing the horrific scene. Police and passersby tried to comfort him, but the man knelt on the Brooklyn street and at times slumped over in grief, the video showed. Social Media Thursday. The heartbreaking scenes were aired last […]