The report did not indicate how many New Yorkers are left injured or killed due to the incidents. The payouts, totaling more than half a billion dollars, account for almost 25% of personal injury claims settled by the City. "The identified community districts are also predominantly communities of color, where the majority of residents identify as Black or Hispanic." "The community districts seeing the highest number of crashes caused by city vehicles over the past ten years have poverty and unemployment rates that are higher than the city and borough average," the report noted. Nearly 40% of that amount - $246.8 million in settlements - involved the NYPD. According to a city comptroller report released last week, New York has paid out $653.8 million related to crashes involving municipal vehicles over the last decade. New York has an extensive history of accidents involving its fleet of nearly 30,000 city vehicles. The department declined to answer Insider's additional questions about the incident. The woman hit by the NYPD squad car, a Ford Explorer SUV carrying four officers, suffered head trauma and was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced deceased, according to the NYPD statement. While attempting to pass through an intersection, the officers collided with a car making a left turn, causing the squad car to spin into a bike lane where the pedestrian was standing, striking her. In a statement from the NYPD emailed to Insider, the department stated the crash occurred as officers were responding to a call for another officer in need of assistance.
A 52-year-old woman was fatally struck by a New York Police Department vehicle on Friday as officers drove their squad car through Queens while responding to a 911 call.
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