6 people suffered serious personal injury after a MTA bus crashed into a row of parked cars in Brooklyn, NYC. The bus driver apparently suffered a stroke behind the wheel and lost the control of the bus. Read more in the New York Daily News To prevent accidents caused by…
Our partner, NY Personal Injury Attorney Richard M. Steigman, will be the Chair of the “2014 CPLR Update: Learn the Cutting-Edge Decisions Every Litigator Must Know” Seminar presented by the New York State Trial Lawyers Association on March 25th 2014 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Hon. Ariel E. Belen (Ret)…
A frontal collision between two cars injured the two car drivers and one pedestrian in Great Kills, Staten Island, NYC. The accident happened on Amboy Road near Sherwood Place. One of the cars apparently swerved on to the wrong side of the road and collided with the other car that…
A car crashed into a store in the Bronx injuring 8 people. According to a witness it seems like the driver who was parked in front of the store hit the gas pedal instead of the break. Read more on ABC New York News Photo: Tony Aiello
An accident between a school bus and a taxi severely injured the taxi driver and sent the bus driver and several other kids to the hospital today in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY. The collision was so hard that the bus toppled over onto its side. The bus was transporting nine students…
I didn’t tolerate pedestrian and bicycle accident fatalities when I was a mayor in Charlotte and I will not tolerate them either as US Secretary of Transportation said Anthony Foxx in a speech yesterday at the National Bike Summit. Foxx supports safe roads for all users and emphasises that more…
In NYC, auto accidents involving pedestrians or bicyclists have a higher risk of occurring when cars or other vehicles are double parked or parked on a bike lane. As part of the Vision Zero traffic initiative mandated by the New York mayor, precincts in the city are launching ticket blitzes…
A Brooklyn cop suffered severe personal injury after he tried to pull over a reckless ATV driver. As the officer approached the ATV driver to stop him he tried to get away. As the driver of the ATV hit the gas, the officer grabbed the quad’s handlebars. He was dragged…
21 people died and 3,899 suffered personal injury in a vehicle accident in New York City last January compared to 26 deaths and 4,277 personal injuries the month before and 28 deaths and 3,993 personal injuries the same month a year ago. Pedestrian Accidents More than 1000 pedestrians suffered personal…
A heat map of personal injuries resulting from bicycle accidents in New York City reveals that a significant number of these accidents happen on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This situation may be explained by the high number of bicyclists who are commuting everyday over the bridges between Manhattan…