Decreasing the speed to reduce the number of car accidents resulting in death or serious injury in New York City is one of the top priorities of the Zero Vision Initiative launched by Mayor de Blasio in 2014. Since November 7, 2014, the NYC’s default speed limit has been lowered from 30…
Picture: Peter Bannan on Twitter Two people died and dozen others were injured in an Amtrak train accident that happened between New York and Philadelphia in the NorthEast Corridor yesterday morning. Train 89, also known as the Palmetto, struck a backhoe, killing the operator of the backhoe and an Amtrak supervisor. The train had left New…
12 people were injured in a fire in New York City Tuesday night. 4 of the victims were transported to the hospital. One of them suffered serious injuries. The other victims were treated on location for smoke inhalation and other minor injuries. According to the NY Daily News, the fire started on…
Several people were injured and one person died in two fire accidents in New York City this week-end. Early Saturday around 12;14 am two civilians and two firefighters were injured in a three-alarm blaze in Washington Heights. According to the NY Daily News , the fire started in an apartment on…
a 47 year old woman was injured in New York City after the window of her livery cab exploded and showered her with shards of glass. The woman was a passenger in a livery cab that was driving on East Fordham Road near Sedgwick Avenue in University Heights in the Bronx.…
3,665 people were injured and 18 people died in traffic accidents in New York City last month. This is the highest number of crash injuries and the second highest number of crash deaths recorded in the month of February over the last 4 years. Compared to February of last year…
9 people suffered personal injury in a New York bus accident. 2 of them are seriously injured and are still being treated at the hospital. The accident happened yesterday afternoon a little after 4:00 pm. The QM11 bus, a MTA express bus, was on its way to Queens. As it was…
A 23 year old man suffered critical injury after he stepped on a defective fire escape and fell 4 stories to the ground. 23 year old Chad Miller was about to move to a new apartment on Bedford Ave near Lefferts Boulevard in Brooklyn, NYC. He was hanging out with a friend…
A pedestrian suffered serious injury after being hit by a car in New York City but according to a witness, the driver was let go by the police after he flashed a badge. On January 11th, 63 year old Cindy Klump who managed the drawing Center at Pratt Institute, was trying…
A 34 year old mother and her 2 year old daughter suffered personal injury in a car accident in the Bronx, NYC. The accident was caused by a driver who was chased by the NYPD. The chase started after police officers saw a car speeding on on Nereid Ave in…