A few weeks after a woman died after being struck by a bike in Central Park, NYC, a NYPD officer was struck by a bicyclist yesterday on the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian footpath. The officer suffered personal injury and appeared to haver a broken arm. The accident happened yesterday afternoon on…
Early this morning a female pedestrian was rushed to the hospital after she was struck by a car at the intersection of west 79th street and Broadway (read more in the New York Daily News). Since the beginning of this year numerous pedestrians have suffered personal injury or lost their…
59 year old Jill Tarlov was struck by a cyclist as she was in a crosswalk in Central Park last Thursday.She suffered severe head trauma and was on life support before she passed away this week-end. According to witnesses the cyclist was riding his bike recklessly and was most probably…
A pedestrian died in a tragic bus accident yesterday in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. The woman had just stepped off the B44 bus when she dropped her cell phone. The phone fell under the bus and the woman reached under the bus to get it. The driver who didn’t see…
A pedestrian who was crossing Bedford Ave near Kozsciusco Street in Brooklyn, NYC, was struck by a SUV after 9 pm Saturday night. The pedestrian, a 40 year old man suffered severe personal injury and was rushed to the hospital. The SUV driver stayed at the scene and wasn’t charged.…
A SUV driver abandoned his car on the sidewalk after an accident during which he lost control of his vehicle, jumped the curb and pinned two pedestrians against the wall of a building in Starrett City, Brooklyn, NYC. One of the pedestrians, a 27 year old man was severely injured…
A 31 year old pedestrian was struck by a car and died on the Hutchinson Parkway. The woman exited from a car that had stopped on the service road and tried to cross the busy highway. She was hit by a pick up truck and died at the scene of…
A 55 year old woman was killed in a bus accident as she was crossing Astoria Boulevard last night around 10 pm. Melanie Ward exited the Q47 bus on 80th Street just before the intersection with Astoria Boulevard in Elmhurst. She then proceeded to cross Astoria Boulevard in the crossing…
13 projects to prevent pedestrian and bicycle accidents in New York City are going to be funded by a $25 million federal grant secured by Senator Schumer. Previous Vision Zero Crash analysis and input from communities were used to select the13 project locations. Projects will include an extension of the…
Another pedestrian was hit by a car on West End Avenue. The victim a 73 year old woman is in critical condition. She was crossing West End Ave yesterday night around 8 pm when an auto driven by an 87 year old man ran over her. The driver stayed at…