Hit-and-Run
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Truck Driver Runs Over, Drags Tenderloin Pedestrian in Another Fatal Crash
We must require side guards on trucks entering our cities... and we must stop delaying on safety improvements to our streets
July 19, 2019
A Year after Losing Her Only Son in a Hit-and-Run, a Mother Wonders when Justice Will Be Served
“I’m about to go out here, I’m bout to ride my bike. I’m bout to have me a good day,” he said, smiling. “I feel good today, Momma. Man, I’m free.”
April 8, 2019
Finally: Charges Filed Against Driver that Killed Frederick “Woon” Frazier in Hit-and-Run
A warrant for the arrest of Mariah Banks was issued two days ago
April 5, 2019
Another Hit-and-Run in L.A.
Surveillance video shows the driver plowing into the woman, tossing her to the side of the road, and speeding away as if nothing happened.
January 11, 2019
Hit-and-Run Driver that Killed Frederick “Woon” Frazier Turns Herself in; Details Still Emerging
Last week, reports emerged on social media that suspects in the hit-and-run that killed 22-year-old Frederick "Woon" Frazier on April 10 had been identified.
May 16, 2018
Hit-and-Run Deaths Are Skyrocketing, and Pedestrians and Cyclists Bear the Brunt
Hit-and-run drivers killed more than 2,000 people in the U.S. in 2016, an increase of 60 percent since 2009.
May 1, 2018
Security Footage Shows Moments Before Frederick “Woon” Frazier Hit from Behind; Police Still Seeking Leads
It's hard to believe such a powerful young man was dead just moments later because someone needed to get to the next red light so much faster than everybody else.
April 19, 2018
22-year-old Killed in Hit-and-Run at Manchester/Normandie; Driver Plows Through Mourners Corking Intersection to Protest Death
The images were a sobering reminder of how terrifyingly fragile the human body is when confronted by a multi-ton vehicle traveling at just about any speed.
April 12, 2018
New Traffic Signal Going Up Where Jorge Alvarez Was Killed in Hit-and-Run
Central Avenue has long been known as one of the more pedestrian- and bike-unfriendly streets in the city. It is a fast-moving thoroughfare (especially at night) whose traffic patterns are made more complicated by the number of heavy trucks that trundle down it around the time that school lets out.
April 18, 2017
New CA Law Requires Temporary Plates for Newly Purchased Cars
Via Ted Rogers at Biking in L.A. comes news that the State of California will be joining dozens of other states in requiring all new cars to have temporary 90-day license plates. The goal of the law, A.B. 516, is to make it easier to identify drivers breaking the law, be they toll-lane scofflaws or hit-and-run murderers.
July 26, 2016