[August 2013]
From the EVG inbox…
Today, Street Justice Activists with Right of Way will travel 30 miles by bicycle across 3 boroughs to stencil body outlines of dead pedestrians at 7 sites where New Yorkers over 70 years old have recently been killed by drivers. In 6 of these cases, the NYPD has not filed any charges. In a seventh, the driver was charged only with leaving the scene, not for the illegal left turn that led to the pedestrian’s death.
The event starts at 9 a.m. at East Houston and Clinton Street … at the site where East Village resident Meipui Chow Leon, 73, was killed on Aug. 23 by a Whole Foods van while crossing the street.
Find more details on today's event here.
Updated 12:20 p.m.
WCBS reports that four pedestrians have been killed this weekend by cars.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Reports: 73-year-old East Village woman struck and killed by van while crossing East Houston
More accidents on East Houston Street
