Denver Post
2/4/15
[…] Authorities in Douglas County have identified a man accused of crashing into a school bus Tuesday while driving twice the speed limit in a construction zone.
The sheriff’s office said the man ran away after the crash, attempting to open the doors of cars waiting in traffic in a failed effort to flee. […]
KPCC
January 22, 2015
[…] In 2012, hit-and-runs within the city of Los Angeles resulted in 27 deaths and 4,789 injuries, according to data provided by the California Highway Patrol. […] CHP data estimated there were 14,132 hit-and-run crashes that year, while LAPD puts the figure closer to 20,000 a year. […]
January 22, 2015
The Gothamist
A vigorous and well-informed group of about 100 people crowded the conference room of the New York Society for Ethical Culture last night to hear DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson, councilmember Helen Rosenthal, Dana Lerner, and members of the NYPD discuss the topic, “Pedestrians vs. Cars: Manhattan’s Deadly Traffic Problem and What Can Be Done About It.” […] “Anger isn’t always a bad thing. Anger can be a force for social change,” Abramson told the audience, noting that in 1929, 900 pedestrians were killed on New York City streets, prompting riots and demonstrations, and later, change. […]
The Oregonian
By Helen Jung
November 27, 2014
[…] The cold-blooded nature of abandoning someone you’ve injured galls Chuck Sparks, a chief deputy district attorney for Multnomah County who oversees prosecutions of crimes involving hit-and-run, or more formally, “failure to perform the duties of a driver.”
“Decency at its most fundamental level is to treat someone who is hurt and make sure they get help,” he said. […]
LA Times
By Armand Emamdjomeh, Laura J. Nelson and Joseph Serna contact the reporters
Nov 29, 2014
[…] Hit-and-run collisions involving bicyclists surged 42% from 2002 to 2012 in Los Angeles County, according to a Times analysis of California Highway Patrol crash data. […] Between 2002 and 2012, the most recent data available, more than 5,600 cyclists were injured and at least 36 died in crashes in which drivers fled the scene. […]
