A man on a e-Scooter was fatally struck by a New York City sanitation truck yesterday in Brooklyn. The victim was a 55 year old man who was traveling south on Rockaway Ave in Brownsville. He was struck by the sanitation truck at the Ditmas Ave intersection. The driver of…
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New New York Mayor, Eric Adams, pledges to make streets safer and reduce car accident injuries and deaths in the city
Last year, NYC Car accident fatalities reached their highest level since 2013 and the carnage continued in January. After a 15 year old girl was killed by a school bus in Brooklyn last week, (see previous blog) Mayor Adams told New Yorkers that he plans to make the city safer…
New York City streets remain dangerous for pedestrians
New York City streets remain deadly for pedestrians with reckless drivers continuing to create mayhem and killing people as the below frightening surveillance video of a near miss accident shows. Over less than a week, two pedestrian died and one was critically injured. On Monday morning, 15 year old Antonia…
Injured in a car accident? Beware of unethical personal injury attorneys and medical clinics
If you were injured in a car accident, you or your family might be contacted or visited by individuals telling you that they can assist you. These people are often runners who work for corrupt personal injury attorneys, and doctors who tarnish the reputation of the honest ones. They are…
NYC Pedestrian deaths at their lowest and motorist deaths at their highest for November
18 people died (8 pedestrians, 8 motorists, 1, cyclist, 1 passenger) and 4,434 were injured in NYC crashes in November 2021 compared to respectively 28 and 4,039 in 2020. The total number of auto fatalities was also lower than in October 2021 during which 28 people died in crashes in…
Drunk driving causes two young people to die and several others to be seriously injured in two separate crashes in New York City this week-end
A woman whose identity was not revealed and a 20 year old boy identified as Frankely Nunez-Payano both died in drunk driving accidents in New York City this week-end. Both were passengers in cars driven by young drunk drivers. Both accidents happened minutes apart from each other. The first accident…
Multiple car accidents leading to one death and multiple injuries, caused by icy rain in New York and tri-state area
Freezing rain caused dozens of car accidents around New York City and in the tri-state area on Wednesday morning. While accidents resulted mostly in pile ups and damages to cars at least one man died and multiple people were injured. Driver who exited from his car fatally hit by other…
17 year old boy dies in car accident in Manhattan
A 17 year old behind the wheel of a 2018 Honda Civic crashed his car and died during what might have been a drag race according to the Police. Last night around 9:25 pm, Antonio Fonseca was driving at high speed on the Henry Hudson Parkway in the Harlem area. …
Multiple people died or suffered serious injuries in car crashes in Long Island during the Thanksgiving Holidays
Sadly Thanksgiving Holidays are not only associated with good family time but also with a rise in car accident fatalities and injuries. National statistics show that car crashes increase by 17% during the day and the night before Thanksgiving as families travel across the United States to get together. Consumption…
NY State Trooper causes car accident mayhem after opening fire on RFK bridge (Triborough bridge) in hunt for stolen car
Thankfully nobody was seriously injured in an accident involving multiple cars after a NY State trooper opened fire on two suspects fleeing in a stolen car on the RFK bridge that was packed with holiday travelers. The bridge was closed for hours creating major traffic delays. The hunt for the…