22 year old Jefrrey Divine of Stormville died in a motorcycle accident, early Sunday morning in Putnam Valley, NY. The motorcyclist was riding North on the Taconic State Parkway when he collided with a SUV Subaru driving in the wrong way around 3.35 am on Sunday. According to the preliminary investigation, 40…
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2 pedestrians were injured including one critically after a drunk driver lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a store in the Bronx, NYC
A woman in her thirties suffered critical personal injury after she was pinned between a car and a a wall by a drunk driver who slammed into a Bronx produce stand yesterday. Another pedestrian was injured by flying debris. The 68 year old driver stayed at the scene of the accident and was taken…
Despite an increase in crashes, traffic related deaths and personal injuries are on a declining trend in New York City
There were 19,061 motor vehicle accidents in New York City in July 2015 compared to 19,428 the previous month. During the same month in 2014 and 2013 there were respectively 17,361 and 17,548 crashes. For the last 3 months the number of accidents was unusually high and stayed above 19,000. So…
A 90 year old woman died after being struck by a FedEx van while crossing a New York City street in the crosswalk
An elderly pedestrian succumbed to her wounds two days after she was hit by a FedEx van. Lubov Brodskaya was crossing Ave J near E 12th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn, NYC around 1;30 pm on Wednesday when the accident happened. The van which was turning right onto Ave J hit the woman…
Personal Injuries related to traffic accidents in New York City slightly decreased during the second trimester of 2015 compared to the same period of 2014 and 2013 but deaths are on the rise
Motor vehicle accidents continue to rise in New York City. A comparison of data on a trimester basis shows that the number of vehicle accidents during the second trimester of 2015 was the highest of any trimester over the last 3 years. However, even though the total number of vehicle accidents…
3 people died and 8 others suffered personal injury in a car accident on the Taconic State Parkway in Yortown Heigthts, NY
3 people from New York City were killed in a car accident Saturday afternoon on the Taconic State Parkway near Yorktown, NY. 8 others were injured including one who is still in critical condition. According to the police investigators, 33 year old Nerim Sinanovic from the Bronx, NYC, was driving north…
A pedestrian was seriously injured after a car jumped the curb and pinned her against a pole in midtown Manhattan
A female pedestrian suffered severe injury after being struck by a car in New York yesterday afternoon. The woman was standing on a sidewalk at the intersection of East 49th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan, NYC, when an out of control driver jumped the curb and pinned her against a…
The police are still looking for a hit and run driver who left a bicyclist in critical condition in Harlem New York
A 57 year old man was seriously injured in a bicycle accident during which a car hit him and fled. The bicyclist had stopped in the middle of the street and was trying to cross West 145th street near Lenox Avenue when a red sedan struck him and sped away. The impact was so…
The hit and run driver who recently killed a famous jeweler in Queens has been identified and is facing murder charges
In a previous blog we described how a driver in an act of road rage ran over a pedestrian in Queens and killed him. The driver has been identified as 46 year old Charles Jordan of Valley Stream, NY, a MTA train operator. Jordan is facing murder and leaving the…
New York pedestrian dies in hospital after being viciously struck by an angry hit and run driver in a brutal act of “road rage”
A pedestrian died in the hospital after being struck by a hit and run driver with whom he just had an argument in Queens, NYC. 40 year old Aron Aranbayev, a well known jeweler, was getting dropped off on 71st Ave near 110th street in Forest Hills Sunday night around 11:00…