Multiple Pedestrian and Cyclist Crashes Across North America

A string of fatal pedestrian and cyclist collisions across the U.S. and Canada this week has prompted multiple investigations and renewed calls for safer streets. Incidents include the hit-and-run killing of cyclist Alexandra Huggins in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; authorities say Somer Lynn Fox was arrested in one Ocala, Fla., hit-and-run and another Ocala crash killed a driver; and in Wheaton, Md., Ganga Prajapati was struck as detectives seek a silver 2009–2012 Audi A4/S4. Other cases cited by police include a pedestrian dragged and left by a fleeing vehicle in Arapahoe County, Colo.; a fatal strike in Fresno that killed Kenneth Bryant; an unsolved Pitt County, N.C., hit-and-run from a year ago; and strikes reported in Newton County, Ga., Pennsauken, N.J., and Brampton, Ont. Several hit-and-run investigations remain active in Bakersfield, Calif.; Denton, Texas; and Bexar County, Texas, and Los Angeles/Vernon-Boyle Heights detectives have offered up to $25,000 for information. Authorities across jurisdictions are asking the public for tips, dashcam footage and witness accounts, and New York cycling advocates say the Brooklyn crash underscores the need for physically protected bike lanes as city data show 156 traffic deaths this year, 14 of them cyclists.