Brooklyn Driver Charged with Manslaughter After Fatal Crash

A driver in Brooklyn was charged with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after speeding through a red light and killing a driver and a pedestrian. The deadly crash happened on 18th Avenue, a street that was recently removed from a list of New York's most dangerous corridors due to a decrease in fatality and severe injury rates. Despite the Vision Zero initiative, which aims to reduce traffic deaths, the number of pedestrian deaths in the city remains high, with almost half occurring in the most perilous corridors.