Yesterday, a jury found a man guilty of manslaughter, assault and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence for fatally striking a pregnant woman on a Midtown sidewalk in March 2009. Ysemny Ramos was walking on East 37th Street when she was run over by Keston Brown. Brown was acquitted of aggravated vehicular homicide and five other charges, but his lawyer said, "You always want a complete victory. My client is still in there."
Driver Convicted Of Killing Pregnant Pedestrian
Boy Fatally Struck By Brooklyn Bus
A four-year-old boy died after being hit by a B49 bus at Oriental Boulevard and Falmouth Street yesterday afternoon. NY1 reports, "Police say they believe Evan Svirsky, 4, ran into the street in Manhattan Beach and his 45-year-old mother ran after him in an attempt to save him." His mother suffered injuries from being hit by the bus's side mirror. Police do not suspect criminality, but one resident lamented about the overall traffic to the Post, "All the traffic goes by so fast here, its horrible. It’s a 30mph zone but nobody does 30, it’s so scary."
Police Cruiser Fatally Strikes 79-Year-Old Man In Harlem
Yesterday afternoon at around 4:20 p.m., a police cruiser traveling south on Broadway (between 135th and 136th Streets) struck a 79-year-old man who was crossing the street from a median. The man, Javier Jackson, was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead two hours later.
16-Year-Old "Driver" Fatally Hits Pedestrian
A 16-year-old with a learner's permit "struck and killed a 65-year-old pedestrian in Brooklyn" last night, 1010WINS reports. Stanislaw Zak had been waiting for a bus near Bay Ridge Parkway and 18th Avenue at 9:20 p.m. The teen, whose Mazda had struck another car before hitting Zak, will be "ticketed for driving with a learner's permit without a licensed driver"—it's unclear whether the teen will be charged with anything more.
Pregnant Pedestrian Killed By Allegedly Drunk Driver In Midtown
Yesterday afternoon, two coworkers at an architecture firm were walking on East 37th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues when a Gristede's delivery van, driven by an apparently drunk man, jumped the curb and slammed into them on the sidewalk. A 29-year-old mother of three, who was also three months pregnant, was killed while a 37-year-old woman was seriously injured.
1 Dead After Truck Jumps Midtown Sidewalk
A reader sent us this image of an ambulance, the fire department and police at East 37th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues. Apparently a truck jumped a sidewalk, hit two pedestrians and hit a building. According to initial reports, one person was killed. More details as they come, but, unfortunately, there was another incident of a car hitting a building uptown: A cab crashed into a pizzeria on Amsterdam between 106th and 107th, injuring several people, one critically. Update In the Midtown incident, the driver was and the woman who was killed was 29 years old and pregnant.
Pedestrian, Waiting for Bus, Fatally Struck by Car
Around 10:40 a.m., a man was struck by a white Honda that apparently jumped a curb at Capodanno Boulevard and Seaview Avenue on Staten Island. The Staten Island Advance reported the man, who had been waiting, was pronounced dead at the Staten Island University Hospital 25 minutes later, and described the incident: "The 19-year-old driver's car apparently jumped the curb after making a turn onto Capodanno from Seaview, pinning the man between the vehicle and a pole that lists the bus schedule." The driver stayed at the scene and was questioned by police—but was not taken into custody.

