Recent Streetsblog LA posts about “Accidents”

Long Time City Council Staffer Strikes and Kills Pedestrian in the Valley

By Damien Newton | Jun 1, 2012 | 5 Comments

Back in March, Manuel “Manny” Figueras, struck and killed Gary Woodford, 55, at the intersection of Vineland Avenue and Erwin Street at 7:30p.m. Figueras is a long-time staffer to City Councilman Richard Alarcon. The Daily News reports: Woodford was walking east on Erwin Street crossing Vineland Avenue when Figueras hit him, Bustos said. There is no […]

LAPD: Susanna Schick Fell Off Her Bicycle

By Damien Newton | Apr 11, 2012 | 18 Comments

(Friends of Susana’s have set up a ChipIn account to collect funds to help with medical bills. You can donate, here.) From the people that brought you “Andres Tena backed into a hummer and was propelled over his handlebars” and “a woman who plowed into a group of thirty cyclists committed no crime” comes another soon […]

Fixing the System That Abandoned Susanna Schick

By Damien Newton | Apr 10, 2012 | 18 Comments

(Friends of Susana’s have set up a ChipIn account to collect funds to help with medical bills. You can donate, here.) By now you’ve probably heard the story. Susanna Schick was bicycling down Spring Street in the green buffered bike lane on Friday night, when she was harassed by the driver of a white Lexus. […]

Pedestrian Tragedy in the Valley, Again!

By Stephen Box | Mar 16, 2012 | 5 Comments

This past Tuesday, early in the afternoon, 11-year-old twin sisters Sydney and Alexis left Walter Reed Middle School and began to walk home, a trip that ended at Colfax Avenue and Moorpark Street when they were hit by a car as they attempted to cross the street. By all rights, it was a tragic afternoon […]

Hide Evidence of Your Daughter’s Fatal Hit and Run, Get Less Than Two Days of Jail Time

By Ted Rogers | Mar 16, 2012 | No Comments

via Biking in L.A.: But one thing sure to get a lot of cyclists’ blood boiling is the news that Steven Rush, sentenced to a wrist-caressing 10 days in jail for helping his daughter Dominique hide evidence in the heartless hit-and-run death of 17-year old cyclist Alex Romero, is already out from behind bars. According to (bike lawyer) […]

Advocates for Safe Walking, Cycling Push Police for Safer Streets

By Damien Newton | Mar 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

“There is no such thing as a collision that isn’t serious when a bicycle is involved.” “Try going for a bike ride down Wilshire Boulevard at 8 in the morning, and then at 8 at night and then go and advocate for faster speed limits.” “It really scares the heck out of me…I get breezed […]

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