hit-and-runs

During the first half of this year, there were 47 fatal or near-fatal hit-and-run crashes on city streets, the highest total in any six month period since the NYPD started publishing records.

They were headed to work at Kennedy Airport when the driver of a Dodge Ram slammed into their vehicle.

Ritawantee "Aunty Rita" Persaud was a beloved leader of the Shaanti Bhavan Mandir temple on 98th Street, where she was the director of the youth group.

Police also identified the cyclist killed Friday in a traffic collision in the same neighborhood.

Two people are in critical after a wrong-way driver slammed into a Nissan sedan in Brownsville early Thursday, then fled the scene.

The information the NYPD claims it cannot corral includes the location and time of the incident, whether a driver was charged or cited, and the final outcome.