In New York lately pedestrians have been killed in car accidents on an almost daily basis. Last week another 7 people were killed in traffic accidents, most of them because of driver error.
On Friday 66 year old Maria Montalvo was struck in a crosswalk by a reckless driver making a left turn. Maria is the 29th senior person killed by a car in 2013.
On Monday 3 other people were killed on New York sidewalks: in Queens a young driver jumped the curb and killed Man Chit Cheng, 59, and Muang Lin, 41 and in East Harlem a woman was killed by a cab driver who lost control of his vehicle after he struck a truck.
Tuesday, 47 year old Brian Novell died after being hit by two cars in College Point, Queens. Brian Novell is the third pedestrian to be fatally struck by a car in two months in this precinct.
Wednesday Sangho Kim, 57 was crossing the Horace Harding Expressway at 108th Street about 8:30 p.m. in Corona when he was hit by a car. He died at the Hospital.
On Thursday, a 23 old man trying to cross the Cross Bronx Expressway was the victim of a hit and run. He died at the Hospital. It wasn’t clear why he tried to cross the busy highway.
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