Recent Streetsblog LA posts about “Accidents”

Cyclists Pedal to Police Commission and Inspector General to Demand Equal Rights

By Damien Newton | Apr 28, 2009 | 3 Comments

Andres Tena, the cyclist hospitalized after being run down from behind by a hummer last week, testifies at the LA Police Commission Hearing as Chicken Leather films. For as long as I’ve been in Los Angeles, there has been a side bar on the Midnight Ridazz official website which reads: RIDAZZ SALUTE LAPD The Midnight […]

Attorney for Rapper who Beat and Ran Over Ped: These Things Happen

By Damien Newton | Apr 27, 2009 | 4 Comments

James Osnes was the victim of the series of bad coincidences according to David Jassy’s attorneys. Attorneys for David Jassy, the Swedish rapper who beat and ran over jazz pianist James Osnes for touching his SUV which was waiting in the crosswalk that Osnes was trying to cross, came up with a strategy designed to […]

Who Acted Worse? The Hummer Driver or the LAPD?

By Damien Newton | Apr 27, 2009 | 6 Comments

Cyclists are known for throwing their bikes under moving hummers. Photo: Matt Stilline For anyone that doesn’t think there’s a bias against cyclists from the Los Angeles Police Department, they should check out this first hand report from Dr. Alex Thompson at Westside BikeSIDE of a hummer running through a group of cyclists from behind […]

On Fountain and LaBrea, a Ghost Bike Appears

By Damien Newton | Apr 22, 2009 | 36 Comments

Yesterday morning, the sun rose on the corner of La Brea and Fountain to a new occupant on the street corner. A Ghost Bike had been erected by a group of bike activists to memorialize two pedestrians, one of whom may have been walking her bike across the street, who "lost their lives to a […]

LADOT, USC Plan Changes for Crosswalk at Jefferson and Hoover

By Damien Newton | Apr 16, 2009 | 9 Comments

The intersection of Hoover and Jefferson was subject of a Streetfilm last year. Following the outcry after two USC students were run down in the Crosswalk at Hoover and Jefferson, the parents of one of the students, the one who was slain, demanded that the city "fix" this intersection. Some Streetsblog readers noted that this […]

Family of Slain USC Student: Fix L.A. Intersections!

By Damien Newton | Apr 9, 2009 | 11 Comments

Carmen Bachan speaks to the press before her daughter’s funeral. Image: Noozhawk.com Last weekend, the lives of a family were changed forever, when a distracted driver decided that shaving a couple of seconds of off the trip home for his family was more important than making sure he protected other users of the road. He […]

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