Brooklyn, NY – Department of Transportation officials say traffic lights should be up and running by week’s end at the Williamsburg intersection where a young Hasidic family was killed by a hit-and-run driver in March.
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BROOKLYN NEWS 12 (http://bit.ly/178IGQ0) reports that reps for the DOT said the lights are located along Kent Avenue at Hooper and Wilson streets, the scene of the deadly crash that killed Raizy and Nathan Glauber and their newborn son, who, after being delivered via cesarean section, died a day later.
Police estimate that the driver of the hit-and-run vehicle, Julio Acevedo, was traveling upwards of 70 mph when he hit the livery cab transporting Nathan Glauber and his pregnant wife Raizy to the hospital.
Acevedo faces a host of charges, including three counts of criminally negligent homicide, in connection with the crash and is currently awaiting trial.
Local leaders are hoping the installation of the traffic lights will help reduce speeds.
One light was spotted already working today.
A red light has been installed only on Kent & Hooper Not on Kent & Wilson where they were actually killed and is the most dangerous intersection in Williamsburg.
Wow, that sure did take a long time.