Last year 342 car accidents in New York City were caused by fatigued or drowsy drivers and 626 by drivers who fell asleep behind the wheel according to NYPD statistics. Driver fatigue is often experienced by taxi and limousine drivers who are working long shifts without proper rest. A study…
An elderly woman that caused a 10-car crash in New York City last Sunday died from her injuries on Tuesday. 78 year old Barbara Capone was driving her car on Travis Ave in Staten Island when she hit a car. She didn’t stop. Instead she sped up and crashed into several other…
Three men where injured in a car accident in New York early Thursday morning around 2:00 am. The 3 men where riding in a white BMW on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. As they were approaching W. 230th St. the car struck a divider. The impact was so strong…
Car accidents are a common cause of Tibial Plateau Fractures. It is estimated that approximately 25% of such fractures are caused by pedestrians being struck by cars or other motor vehicles, hence they have been referred to as bumper fractures. In New York City many pedestrians struck by vehicles suffer…
Giovanni Nin, 26, was struck by an SUV as he rode his bike around 12:40 a.m. Saturday. The accident occurred at the intersection of East Tremont Avenue and Mayflower Avenue in The Bronx, NYC. The SUV, a BMW X 5 fled the scene according to a witness. The police are still…
A pedestrian struck by a car driving at 20 mph has a 7% chance of being killed. A pedestrian struck by a car driving at 40 mph has a 45% chance of being killed. A recent article from ProPublica explains why decreasing speed in urban areas can make a difference and protect pedestrians…
Our partners, NYC auto accident attorneys Ben Rubinowitz, and Peter Saghir just settled a case for a 44 year old father who suffered serious injury when he was struck by a car at an improperly marked New York City roadway construction project. Following an appeal in Gregware v City of New York, the…
A man died in a car accident in New York and another one was injured in the same accident. The two men in their thirties were riding in the same car this morning around 4:30 am in Midtown Manhattan when the accident happened. They were heading north on Sixth Ave between 53rd and…
A woman died and her husband was injured in a car accident in New York City on Sunday. 86 year old Andrew Huang was driving his car with Amy Huang, his 83 year old wife on 34th Ave near 91st Street in Elmhurst, Queens. All of a sudden the car…
Two women were seriously injured in a car accident in New York City around 6:00 am on Tuesday morning. One of the women was driving a livery cab and the other one was her passenger. As the driver approached the intersection of Ocean Parkway and Neptune Ave in Coney Island she lost control of the vehicle and slammed…
