A taxi that crashed into a crowd in Manhattan was fined 18 times for a traffic violation in a year and a half
'22.06.2022'
Nadezhda Verbitskaya
The taxi, which got into an accident in Manhattan on June 20, has committed 2019 traffic violations since the end of 18. Including for speeding in school zones and running a red light, reports New York Post.
The wife of 60-year-old taxi driver Khan Zahangir said her husband is suffering after the riot on Broadway between 28th and 29th streets. "He's very upset," she said at the Queens home.
She added that her husband was not at home and was not at work, declining to comment further.
It is not yet clear if Zahangir was driving a taxi when the violations were committed in the past year and a half.
As a result, taxis are subject to fines totaling $1210. According to tracking website How's My Driving NYC, violations are tied to the taxi's license plate.
But police identified Zahangir as the taxi driver who hit the cyclist on Monday. And then he crashed into a cafe on the sidewalk, injuring 6 people, including himself.
As a result, two women were squeezed under a yellow Toyota RAV 4 hybrid. And about 20 brave New Yorkers tried to remove a car weighing about 1900 kilograms from them.
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Mayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday that a cyclist illegally ran a red light when a taxi hit him. This set off a bloody chain of events.
Since November 2019, this taxi has run red lights twice. The yellow Toyota Rav4 hybrid was also hit with eight speeding violations in the school zone. Other violations include double parking tickets, an overdue meter, and stop violations.
Zahangir himself suffered minor injuries in the crash. A 32-year-old woman from San Luis Potosí and a 48-year-old woman from Columbus could both lose a leg. Another 32-year-old woman from Mexico, a 31-year-old woman from Columbus and a 50-year-old man from the Upper West Side are in stable condition.
Activists question why cars are allowed at all on the stretch of Broadway where the cab crashed.
“A car-free Broadway would have prevented this horrific accident,” Transportation Alternatives chief executive Danny Harris said in a statement.
