Those who died were all on e-bikes. Seventeen cyclists have been killed so far this year, and advocate groups said the deaths should be a rallying cry for safety improvements.
After a series of fatal crashes, often involving illegal devices, officials in New York City are weighing new rules for electric vehicles.
The City Council on Tuesday is expected to present 17 proposals to make electric bikes and scooters safer for riders and pedestrians.
NYPD used drone support to track down several teen “subway surfers” in Brooklyn earlier this month, just two days before a 16-year-old girl was critically injured doing “the same dangerous stunt.” The NYPD reminded people: “Ride inside. Stay alive.”
A driver dressed as Spider-Man jumped into action to help a man in a wheelchair cross a busy intersection in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
A Police officer saved a driver in Norfolk, Virgina, after their car fell into a sinkhole filled with water.
'Shame on anyone who turns these joyful moments into nightmares'
The collision on the Queensboro Bridge involved an e-scooter that is not legally allowed to be used on the streets of New York.
The group of friends had used the same corner on the Upper West Side to unwind for years. By the end of the night, two people would be dead after a speeding S.U.V. drove into a crowd.
Sources say the 56-year-old o had parked her car right next to the manhole and stepped out into it.