Driver Rams and Critically Injures DSNY Worker; No Charges

StreetsBlogNYC, December 17, 2024, By Gersh Kuntzman – A distracted driver slammed into the back of a Department of Sanitation waste truck, severely injuring one of the agency’s workers, yet was not charged.

A distracted driver slammed into the back of a Department of Sanitation waste truck, severely injuring one of the agency’s workers yet was not even charged with failure to exercise due care, police said.

The 40-year-old driver of a Toyota Highlander was headed southbound on Colgate Avenue in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx on Monday at around 8 a.m. when she failed to slow down, or even alter her trajectory, before ramming at full speed into the back of the truck, where the 32-year-old worker, whose name has not been released, was standing with his back to the street.

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