The Queens Courier reports on calls for DMV Commissioner’s resignation after all penalties were lifted for the killer driver of Ally Liao, whose family chose Steve vaccaro to represent them.
The Department of Motor Vehicles has dropped two tickets against the driver who fatally struck a 3-year-old girl in Flushing last year, angering the toddler’s father and others.
Allison Liao and her grandmother were crossing the intersection of Cherry Avenue and Main Street on Oct. 6, 2013 when an SUV hit the child, according to police.
Advocacy group Transportation Alternatives and U.S. Rep. Grace Meng were also upset over the decision and took aim at the DMV.
In a statement, Meng said she would be writing to the department about the dismissal.
“After watching the video of this tragedy, I find the decision to dismiss these tickets very troubling,” she said.
Transportation Alternatives called for the removal of DMV Commissioner Barbara Fiala.
“This is an outrageous injustice to the family of Allison Liao, and to all New Yorkers, executive Director Paul Steely White said. “The two summonses were already a mere slap on the wrist for the driver who failed to yield and killed Allison Liao when she was in the crosswalk with the light, hand-in-hand with her grandmother. Now the state Department of Motor Vehicles has decided the deadly driver who muscled his way through that crosswalk doesn’t even deserve such a paltry sanction.”
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