NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Six pedestrians were killed and three were seriously injured in New York City traffic incidents over the course of the past week.
Traffic deaths in New York City are up 44%, and the majority of killings are impacting pedestrians.
On Monday, 21-year-old NYU student Raife Milligan, was struck and killed by a car on East Houston Street near First Avenue, according to police.
Driver Michael Deguzman was arrested and charged for driving while intoxicated.
On Wednesday morning, 16-year-old Alissa Kolenovic was fatally struck by a beverage truck by the intersection of Paulding and Neill Avenues in Morris Park while walking to school, officials said.
Driver Joseph Zillitto Jr. was arrested and charged for failing to yield to a pedestrian.
On Thursday, 35-year-old Eric Salitsky was killed by a private garbage truck in a hit-and-run while biking on 39th Street near Ninth Avenue in Sunset Park, according to the NYPD.
On Friday 55-year-old Peter Costello was thrown off his e-bike and hit by a van at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 21st Street in South Slope, authorities said.
Emergency responders rushed him to Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Two more pedestrians were struck in Astoria on Friday.
Karina Larino, 38, was crossing 21st Street near Astoria Park South when a 78-year-old driving an SUV hit her while turning, according to police.
She was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Early Friday morning a sedan hit a man whose identity has not been announced while he was trying to cross 33rd Street near 31st Avenue, the NYPD announced.
He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition.
On Saturday morning a man was hit by the box truck he was trying to help reverse down the Clearview Expressway ramp to Grand Central Parkway, according to authorities.
Trucks are not allowed on the Clearview Expressway.
Emergency responders took the man to North Shore Hospital in critical condition.
A minivan hit a man in a wheelchair while he was attempting to cross East Tremont Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue in the Bronx on Saturday.
EMS took him to Jacobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
On Sunday, a woman was severely injured when a driver in a stolen truck hit her and fled.
So far, this year has been the bloodiest for pedestrians since former Mayor Bill de Blasio implemented the Vision Zero street safety program in 2014.
Vision Zero is a program that dozens of other cities have used to successfully reduce traffic deaths. It involves reducing speed limits and redesigning streets to make travel safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
New York City has been slow to implement the street redesigns though, and the data from 2022 represents a step backward for the program.
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