Amanda Berry, the mother of the Madison Lyden, the young woman killed in Manhattan on August 10, has issued a statement criticising the prosecutor for not pressing charges against the Uber driver (Jose Peralta) who caused the crash.
“Four years ago, when District Attorney Cyrus Vance refused to prosecute the driver who killed Cooper Stock, he sent a message to all reckless drivers in Manhattan that deadly behaviour will not have any consequences under his watch,” Ms Berry and Ms Lerner said in a joint statement to the New York Post. “That absence of accountability has now taken another life.
“Madison Lyden was killed after a taxi driver veered into the bike lane she rode in on Central Park West, forcing her into traffic, and DA Vance has again refused to prosecute — even though the NYPD believed the driver committed a criminal act.
“DA Vance’s failure to prosecute reckless drivers is sheer cowardice, and as long as he continues to indulge such dangerous behaviour, pedestrians and cyclists will continue to die on Manhattan streets.”
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EDIT: A spokesman for Vance said
"The office determined that New York law does not provide criminal liability for drivers whose illegal standing contributes to a fatality in instances where no contact is made between the illegally standing vehicle and the victim,", (my emphasis)... but the Uber wasn't standing, it was moving; so either I'm missing something, or Vance is being deceptive.