"We are devastated to learn that a driver hit and killed a 4-year-old boy this morning in Brooklyn. This is every parent's nightmare and it was wholly preventable. Our thoughts are with their family. We must build a New York City that's safe for children and that means finally implementing Sammy's Law to ensure drivers are moving at a safe 20 mph."
"A speed camera at the intersection of Rockaway Parkway and Linden Boulevard caught 3,600 people speeding last year, the group said, averaging almost 10 drivers a day."
A fatal collision occurred on March 5 when a 4-year-old boy was struck by a white Ford Explorer SUV on Rockaway Parkway near Linden Boulevard in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The child ran into a mid-block crosswalk, and the driver, traveling northbound on a green light, struck him before fleeing the scene. Transportation Alternatives, a safe streets advocacy group, called on Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Department of Transportation to reduce the speed limit on the corridor from 25 to 20 miles per hour using authority granted under Sammy's Law, passed in 2024. Speed cameras at the intersection recorded 3,600 speeding violations the previous year, averaging nearly 10 daily violations.
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