How to Kill a Three-Year-Old in NYC Without Getting Arrested
Mariam Dansoko, a three-year-old girl, was crossing the street near Yankee Stadium with her mother yesterday when she noticed an approaching car . "Mommy, the car is coming," she said. By the time her mother turned around, the driver of the oncoming Nissan Altima struck Mariam, giving her injuries that later killed her. The driver was not arrested at the scene and will likely not be charged with a crime. Mariam and her mother were crossing East 164th Street at the time of the crash, and the car made a left turn into the crossing from Gerard Avenue. As Streetsblog points out , traffic lights at that intersection do not have a dedicated turn phase, meaning that pedestrians and turning automobiles are signaled to proceed simultaneously, and it is theoretically the driver's responsibility to notice when pedestrians are crossing and to yield accordingly. If the car had a green light, so did Mariam and her mother.Read full article from How to Kill a Three-Year-Old in NYC Without Getting Arrested
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