City Council votes to crack down on hit-and-run drivers
<p>City Council passed a bill to crack down on hit-and-run drivers Thursday, voting to create an alert system that will send out messages within 12 hours of a death or serious injury in such a crash. </p>
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Nov 16, 2017, 9:20 PM
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Updated 2,540 days ago
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City Council passed a bill to crack down on hit-and-run drivers Thursday, voting to create an alert system that will send out messages within 12 hours of a death or serious injury in such a crash.
The alerts will include details about the locations of incidents and cars involved to get the public to help catch hit-and-run drivers.
Last year, a deadly hit-and-run in East New York rocked the city after someone ran down Jean Paul Guerrero, better known as DJ Jinx Paul.
He is just one of many hit-and-run victims.
A grand jury indicted Kevin Ozorio, 28, in connection with the death just this month.
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