Judge bemoans NYC's bike hazard in 'Gone Girl' actor's death

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A judge has decried New York City's problems with electric and gas-powered bikes as he sentenced the electric scooter rider who crashed into “Gone Girl” actor Lisa Banes to one to three years in prison.

to one to three years in prison for his manslaughter conviction.

The judge said the city "has a problem" with the motorized bikes and he wants drivers of unregistered and unlicensed bikes to know they can go to jail when they do harm.Traffic fatalities have been on the rise in the city. Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group for safer streets, found that they rose 44 percent in New York City during the first three months of 2022, with pedestrians accounting for 29 of the 59 dead.

Her wife, Kathryn Kranhold, a former contributor to the Center for Public Integrity and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, urged the judge to impose a "very significant term of imprisonment" for Boyd, who she said was poised to benefit from a "very sweet plea deal."

 

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