Not Even For Double Parking?
The delivery van driver who left his vehicle in gear while double parked on East Broadway has not been charged in an accident that killed two small children:
Posted: January 23rd, 2009 | Filed under: I Don't Get It!, Just Horrible, ManhattanChao Fu, 52, was driving the van for the China Chalet restaurant and catering service and double-parked the vehicle on the east side of E. Broadway near Catherine St., police said.
Fu thought the van was in park when he stepped out to make a delivery, he told cops, but it was actually in reverse and began to creep backwards on the busy street lined with shops and restaurants, police said.
The children, gathered on the sidewalk with two chaperones outside the Chatham Square branch of the New York Public Library, were about to walk back to the nearby Red Apple Day Care on Market St.
They were lined up against the wall, their arms linked, when the 9,400-pound van hit them, surveillance video shows.
Fu, who had a clean driving record and valid license, was not charged, police said.