"The city should review the design of the West Village intersection where a cargo van driver drove the wrong way down a one-way street before killing a pedestrian earlier this month, the area's Council member has demanded. Council Member Erik Bottcher (D-West Village) said the crosswalk where 27-year-old Valerie Schoeck was struck and killed has been unsafe for years - and the Department of Transportation knows it."
"The main issue in the Nov. 6 crash is that the cargo van driver was able to turn left out of a garage on Morton Street even though only a right turn is permissible on the one-way street - a maneuver he made because otherwise he would have had to make multiple right turns to get onto Seventh Avenue South."
Council Member Erik Bottcher demanded a design review of the West Village Morton Street intersection after a cargo van driver drove the wrong way and killed 27-year-old Valerie Schoeck on Nov. 6. The driver turned left out of a garage onto the one-way Morton Street even though only right turns are permissible; he reportedly made the maneuver to avoid multiple right turns to reach Seventh Avenue South. The driver is a 61-year-old man whose identity has not been released. The crosswalk and intersection have been reported unsafe for years due to recurring wrong-way driving, confusing traffic patterns, limited visibility, heavy pedestrian activity, a narrow lane, and no visible one-way sign on the garage exit. The Department of Transportation commissioned a standard review after the fatal collision.
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