NYC road where wacky wigmaker Miriam Yarimi allegedly killed 3 has dangerous history: All the time I see people speeding

Ocean Parkway has been a dangerous drag where speeding motorists showed little regard for pedestrians — even before wacky wigmaker Miriam Yarimi allegedly mowed down three people this weekend, locals told The Post.The Brooklyn traffic artery is among the most dangerous roads in the borough, with 20 deaths since 2014 — and activists have long pushed to lower its speed limit and take other safety precautions.Neighborhood mom Sofia Khavin, 36, frequently walks with her nine-month-old son near Ocean Parkway’s intersection with Quentin Road, where Yarimi allegedly plowed into another woman and her two young children.“We just happened to be at a different place on Saturday,” she said.“When we learned about the accident, we were horrified.

It really hit close.I cross there all the time with my baby.“They (drivers) go faster than 25 mph,” Khavin added.

“They run the red light, they make illegal turns.There are no cameras at this corner.”The crash unfolded when Yarimi, 32, allegedly rocketed her Audi A4 across the intersection and into an Uber.Yarimi’s luxury sedan careened into a group of pedestrians, including mom Natasha Saada and her three children — Diana, 7, Deborah, 5, and 4-year-old Philip.

All were killed but Philip, who remains in critical condition.The wigmaker — who told first responders she “had the devil in me,” sources said — is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation before she will be arraigned on charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault.Since the crash, advocates and lawmakers have pushed a proposed law forcing bad drivers such as Yarimi, who had a suspended license and 93 traffic violations, to install tech on their cars that would stop them from going faster than 5 mph above the speed limit.“If Albany had passed this bill last year, it could have already saved three lives,” said Ben Furnas, executive director for Transportation Alternatives, a street safety advocacy group.But Furnas also turned...

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