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Third Car Flies Off Queensboro Bridge This Year
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Christopher Robbins
Published May 14, 2011
Modified May 14, 2011
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Despite its new speed limit signs, it appears the poorly designed off-ramp traffic flow on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge has caused yet another accident. The Post reports that "around 5:30 a.m, a 2007 Volkswagon Golf lost control as it went down the outer ramp into Queens," before hitting scaffolding and finally landing onto a parked livery car. Luckily, the driver only received "minor injuries," while the passenger and livery car driver were unscathed.
This is approximately the same area that the previous accidents occurred, as speeding cars careen off the guardrail and onto the street below. State Senator Michael Gianaris, who has been demanding that the bridge be fixed following the first two accidents, said in a statement this morning that "The ongoing situation is intolerable and inexcusable. Obviously whatever safety measures DOT has taken failed to improve safety at this location."
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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