
A driver who may have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Brooklyn that left a 58-year-old teacher dead has been arrested and charged and his record showed he has had two other driving-related incidents.
The driver who allegedly struck and killed a Brooklyn schoolteacher while speeding in May 2021 had two driving-related incidents in his past. As Streetsblog reported last week, the New York Police Department has said it arrested and charged the suspect, Tariq Witherspoon, a 30-year-old EMT “who hit and seriously injured a cyclist in 2017,” two years after he allegedly “allowed an unlicensed driver” to operate his vehicle, who allegedly “drove carelessly” and speeded. Continue reading