Dump Truck Company Involved in Fatal Crash Charged

Photograph of Fung Wah bus-dump truck crash by Marla Diamond/WCBS 880

After a dump truck crashed into a Fung Wah bus in Chinatown and killed a pedestrian, it was discovered the truck was unsafe, with a number of brake problems. Now, the president of the truck firm was charged with "unlicensed collection of trade waste," according to the NY Times.

The company, NJ-based C.P.Q. Freight Systems, apparently did not have the "proper registration to pick up construction and demolition debris"--the truck had just picked up a load of debris and was traveling from Brooklyn, across the Manhattan Bridge and onto Canal Street, to head back to NJ. The city's Business Integrity Commission explained C.P.Q. was "allowed to transport waste through New York City; however, they cannot pick any waste up.”

C.P.Q. president Osleivy Gomez was charged with a misdemeanor and released without bail. And if you look at Transportation Alternatives' Crash Stat map, you'll see many incidents of pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and fatalities near the Manhattan Bridge on Canal Street.

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By Jen Chung in News on July 3, 2008 8:21 AM

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The Edge

Didn't even use the pics I took of the memorial people left at the site.. :(

Spirit of 76

A misdemeanor? That's all the guy gets? It could have killed a hell of a lot more people. The guy should be rotting in jail since all he cares about is money. And shut down the damn company immediately.

PBRK

Good news is now we know the toxic dirt from Williamsburg is winding up in Jersey, not being dumped in New York.

JMH

Unlicensed collection of trade waste? Are you fucking serious? How about the woman who fucking DIED because of that? That's what we do when someone dies because of poor driving or poor maintenance or a combination of the two? Unlicensed collection of TRADE WASTE?