21 things to look for in 2021 – Part 3
Bibb County Sheriff David Davis hopes a new Outreach Center will help curb violent crime after a record number of homicides in 2020. Author: Liz Fabian (13WMAZ) Updated: 11:31 AM EST January 3, 2021
MACON, Ga.
15. Normalcy sought after record homicides
After the record number of homicides eclipsed 50 in 2020, Bibb County Sheriff David Davis is looking forward to the new year.
“Some of those underlying conditions – COVID, lockdowns and uneasiness created kind of a tragic situation here locally but we hope to get normalcy back,” Davis said. “We’re seeing strange behaviors all across the country.”
Shortly after the first of the year, Davis will announce promotions for his staff which he said has been “doing a good job” with the resources and manpower available.
Traffic deaths show no sign of slowing down January 01 2021
UPDATE: The driver in last fatality of 2020 is charged with DUII as new year begins with another death.
The first Portland traffic fatality of 2021 was reported just a little more than seven hours into the new year. It followed a pedestrian death the day before and an increase in 2020, despite a reduction in driving for much of that year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to police, the driver of a vehicle died and another person is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a morning crash on Jan. 1.
The driver in the New Year s Day crash is identified as Daniel Martinez, 19, of Portland. The two passengers are not being identified. One is seriously injured.
Traffic deaths show no sign of slowing down January 01 2021
UPDATE: The driver in last fatality of 2020 is charged with DUII as new year begins with another death.
The first Portland traffic fatality of 2021 was reported just a little more than seven hours into the new year. It followed a pedestrian death the day before and an increase in 2020, despite a reduction in driving for much of that year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to police, the driver of a vehicle died and another person is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a morning crash on Jan. 1.
The driver in the New Year s Day crash is identified as Daniel Martinez, 19, of Portland. The two passengers are not being identified. One is seriously injured.
Traffic deaths show no sign of slowing down January 01 2021
UPDATE: The driver in last fatality of 2020 is charged with DUII as new year begins with another death.
The first Portland traffic fatality of 2021 was reported just a little more than seven hours into the new year. It followed a pedestrian death the day before and an increase in 2020, despite a reduction in driving for much of that year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to police, the driver of a vehicle died and another person is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a morning crash on Jan. 1.
The driver in the New Year s Day crash is identified as Daniel Martinez, 19, of Portland. The two passengers are not being identified. One is seriously injured.
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Despite making bike lanes more visible, cars are still blocking them. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Empty streets don’t mean open streets or safe streets.
Philadelphia’s empty roadways in 2020 have resulted in a year that was in the words of Kelley Yemen, the city’s Complete Streets director “horrific” with respect to traffic violence. I can’t agree more.
To date, more than 140 people have been killed on the city’s streets a 63% increase since 2019. At least 45 of those killed were people walking, and five were riding bicycles. This tragically high level of traffic violence reinforces what that the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has been saying for years: Traffic fatalities and severe injuries caused by motorists is a pressing public health crisis that must be addressed proactively and with urgency.