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After two kids were struck and killed by vehicles in New York City in just over 48 hours, city officials unveiled new street safety legislation on Friday

There is a new push to make city streets safer after two children were hit and killed on the streets of Brooklyn this week. Gaby Acevedo reports.

A 48-year-old woman has been arrested in the death of a 7-year-old boy who was struck by her Jeep when she made a turn in Brooklyn Thursday, authorities say. It was the second such death in the same neighborhood in 48 hours. Susan Pierrot was charged late Thursday with aggravated unlicensed operator, failure to yield to a pedestrian on a…

After two kids were struck and killed by vehicles in New York City in just over 48 hours, city officials say they will unveil new street safety legislation on Friday. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

A 7-year-old boy was struck and killed by a car in East New York Thursday, the second such tragedy in the Brooklyn neighborhood in three days. The child was initially taken to a hospital in critical condition after the accident near Blake and Pennsylvania avenues around 8:15 a.m. He later died from his injuries. The boy’s mother was walking...

The young boy was crossing the street with his mother when a car making a right turn struck them, killing the young boy and injuring this mother who was inconsolable after the collision. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo.

A 7-year-old was hit and killed by a vehicle in Brooklyn while on the way to school Thursday. The tragic incident took place just 2 miles from where another child was killed by a bus on Tuesday. Tracie Strahan reports.

For the second time this week, a child has been struck and killed by a vehicle in East New York. This is raw footage of the scene.

A 61-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 10-year-old girl, who was struck and killed by his school bus as she walked in a Brooklyn crosswalk early Tuesday, authorities say. Pedro Colon faces charges of failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care in the death of Patience Albert, who was…

The young girl was walking to school when she was struck and killed by a school bus, and now the community is demanding action to make the notorious intersection safer. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

A 10-year-old girl was struck and killed by a school bus as she crossed a Brooklyn street early Tuesday, police say. The child, later identified as Patience Albert, was hit by the bus as it turned on Crescent Street, near Wortman Avenue, in East New York around 6:30 a.m. The young Brooklyn resident died at a hospital a short time…

The bus driver has been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, the Department of Education said. Tracie Strahan reports.

Tracie Strahan reports from East New York. Police initially said the victim was a boy, as reported above. We have since learned the victim was a 10-year-old girl.

A 10-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus in Brooklyn early Tuesday, authorities say.

Dave Johnson, a Brooklyn-based truck driver, had sole winning ticket from a $298.3 million Powerball drawing in December. Pat Battle reports.

A teenager was killed and four other people were injured in different shootings in Queens and Brooklyn Friday night, police said

An 18-year-old was killed and another man injured after a double shooting in Far Raockaway, Queens. Over in Brooklyn, two men and a woman were shot in East New York. NBC New York’s Michael George reports.

A man punched a woman in the face in a Brooklyn subway station without provocation, police said Saturday.