Jersey City councilwoman-at-large accused in hit-and-run

[Elderberry]

CBS New York 7/27/2022

A Jersey City cyclist is grateful to be alive after a frightening hit-and-run accident allegedly involving a councilmember. Police say Jersey City councilwoman-at-large Amy DeGise did not slow down after she struck the cyclist last week. Now, there are calls for her to step down. CBS2's Astrid Martinez spoke with the victim.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZdL8pUu_Bw

[mystery-ak]

 July 31, 2022 11:34am EDT
New Jersey councilwoman refuses to resign over video showing alleged hit-and-run crash with cyclist
Jersey City Councilwoman Amy DeGise is accused of plowing into cyclist Andrew Black and leaving the scene

By Danielle Wallace | Fox News


Shocking video shows the moments a New Jersey councilwoman allegedly plowed down a bicyclist while speeding through an intersection and kept going in an apparent hit-and-run accident. 

Jersey City Councilwoman Amy DeGise is accused of failing to slow or stop her car after striking the cyclist at the intersection of Forrest Street and Martin Luther King Drive last week.

Traffic camera video released by city officials on Tuesday afternoon shows the black SUV allegedly driven by DeGise striking a man on a bicycle in the middle of the intersection on July 19 without ever slowing down before leaving the scene.

The man, wearing a helmet, backpack, yellow shirt and jean shorts, flipped over and slides off the windshield and then onto the pavement after the impact. The video shows him slowly getting up afterward, his mangled bike lying on the opposite side of the street.

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[mountaineer]

It may be that the bicyclist ran a red light, but still no excuse for her not to stop. She just zipped down the street.

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[Kamaji]

It may be that the bicyclist ran a red light, but still no excuse for her not to stop. She just zipped down the street.

Absolutely no excuse for her not stopping.  In fact, as I understand it, she committed a felony in NJ by leaving the scene of an accident where someone was hurt:  https://traffictickets.com/new-jersey/traffic-tickets/leaving-the-scene-of-an-accident-394-129-2c12-1-1/

[Gefn]

She should resign.

I’m still gobsmacked that Jersey City Is the most expensive city in the USA to live in.