A pedestrian was hit by an ambulance in New York yesterday afternoon. 81 year old Gen Zhan was crossing East 14th Street and Second Ave., NYC in the crosswalk when the ambulance struck him. The ambulance was responding to a call but didn’t have its lights or sirens on. According to…
Police are searching for the driver of a black minivan who hit a 6 year old male pedestrian and fled the scene of the accident. The boy was crossing Hamilton Parkway and 41st Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn with his father when it occurred. The car ran over the boy, slowed…
A hit and run driver hit a couple crossing Flatbush Ave, killing the husband and seriously injuring the wife. Last Thursday around 5pm Angel and Samantha Sagardia were crossing Flatbush Ave in front of the King Plaza Mall in Marine Park, Brooklyn when they were struck by a van. According to…
57 pedestrians, 21 bicyclists and 289 motor vehicle occupants were injured in a car accident between 2010 and 2014 at the intersection of Atlantic Ave and Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn, New York City. 5 people also died in crashes at this same location between 2008 and 2016. This busy intersection…
In New York City, left turn accidents account for 19% of the crashes that kill or severely injure (KSI) pedestrians and bicyclists compared to 6% for right turns. At most New York intersections drivers are permitted to tun left while pedestrians are in the crosswalk. While pedestrians have a false sense of security…
The police arrested the driver who killed two pedestrians in Brooklyn and then fled the scene of the accident (see previous blog) . The man was identified as 21 year old Efrin Lanfranco-Perez. The young man was speeding when he hit Delmer Maldonado and Israel Turcios who were crossing the street…
A 22 year old man was severely injured in a car accident in New York City. The young man was struck by a car at the intersection of Dry Harbor Road and Woodhaven Blvd in Queens (see Gooogle map picture) last Friday morning around 4:4o am. The driver who hit him…
2 pedestrians were killed in a car accident in New York City last night. The driver who struck them is still at large. A little bit after midnight last night 41 year old Delman Maldonado and 56 year old Isreal Turcios were crossing the street at the intersection of Fulton…
A man who killed a pedestrian on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC, on New Years Eve, 2014, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and driving without a license. 30 year old Prezidor Porbeni, an undocumented immigrant from Nigeria was driving on the…
A pedestrian was injured on Wednesday in Manhattan after two cars collided and one of them careened into the woman who was crossing the street. The accident occurred around 10:00 am in Gramercy. The woman in her 40 was crossing the intersection of Avenue of the Americas and 19th street (google…