Last July, Clara Heyworth, 28, the marketing director of Verso Books, died after being hit by a car in Brooklyn. Verso posted the following on their site soon after her tragic death:

The loss to Verso is immeasurable. Clara was a young woman with many qualities. She first came to us as Office Manager and Publicist in the London office in 2006, delighting everyone with her enthusiasm and intelligence, a knowledge of our publishing history and a no-nonsense approach to everyone, including senior staff. While her primary interest was in publicity she had very strong editorial views and intervened forcefully whenever she felt that by taking on an inappropriate manuscript Verso’s standards would be diluted.

A young life so meaninglessly and prematurely truncated pains us all, but we will not forget her or her bright-eyed smile that so often lit an entire office.  Our condolences go out to all those who knew her and worked with her and will miss her presence, but primarily to the two people who meant the most to her. Her mother whom she adored not just as a parent, but as a friend and mentor and to her husband, Jacob Stevens, Verso’s Managing Director.

According to Transportation Alternatives, the facts of Clara Heyworth’s death will never be known “because the NYPD botched the investigation into the crash. Clara’s death in July 2011 is a tragedy. The police department’s handling of the case is an injustice.”

What is known is this: She was killed at the hands of a driver who may have been drunk, may have been speeding, and definitely did not have a driver’s license.

There is a rally on the steps of City Hall on Monday, June 11 at 9AM to raise awareness of the failure of the City’s traffic crash investigation policy.