A man died in a fiery truck accident involving 3 tractor trailers on the New Jersey turnpike last night. All 3 tractor trailers were traveling in the same direction when one of the truck drivers lost control of his vehicle causing a crash with two other trucks. All 3 tractor…
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3 men suffered serious personal injury after their car crashed into a truck in Queens, NYC
A 19 year old driver and his two passengers were in serious condition after they rear ended a tractor trailer in Queens, NYC early Friday morning. The accident happened on Astoria Bvd near 111th street, an intersection prone to car crashes according to the NY daily News
A man died after a garbage truck hit him and dragged him along Canal street and then continued on its way
A pedestrian was hit by a private sanitation truck and dragged on Canal Street until he dislodged from the truck near the intersection of Center Street Friday morning around 9:30 am. The victim died at the scene. The driver continued on his way and the police said it wasn’t clear…
Elderly pedestrian dies after being struck by a dump truck at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, NYC
A 77 year old woman was hit by a dump truck as she was walking on the double yellow line of Flatbush Avenue at Atlantic Ave, a very busy intersection near the Barclays Center. She was rushed to the hospital but didn’t survive. The truck driver stayed at the scene…
Truck Accident Prevention on the FDR Drive: new steel beam installed under the 90th street overpass to prevent trucks from striking the bridge
After many accidents during which trucks have been striking the E. 90th street overpass on the FDR drive in Manhattan, the city installed a metal beam to prevent future accidents. A section of the FDR drive was closed on Saturday for this purpose. Read more in the New York Daily…
6 people were seriously injured in an accident during which a truck crashed into a bagel store in Queens, NYC
5 adults and an infant suffered severe personal injury after the driver of a box truck lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a bagel store located at the corner of 76th road and Queens Boulevard. The truck went almost entirely into the bagel shop. The truck accident happened…
Tracy Morgan can’t believe Wal-Mart is blaming him for the personal injury he suffered in June when one of the retailer’s truck crashed into Tracy’s vehicle
Wal-Mart is blaming Tracy Morgan for the injuries he suffered in the June truck accident. In court filings last Monday Wal-Mart said injuries “if any, were caused in whole or in part, by plaintiff’s failure to properly wear an appropriate available seat belt device”. Tracy Morgan can’t believe Wal-Mart is…
A man drove the wrong way on a New York highway exit ramp and died after his car hit a garbage truck
For reasons that are unknown so far, a 63 year old man drove the wrong way on the exit ramp of the Major Deegan Expressway at W. 233rd Street in the Bronx, NYC and was killed after he crashed into a NY Department of Sanitation truck. The man died at…
1 dead and 2 injured in an accident between a truck and a minivan in the Bronx, NYC
An unlicensed driver suffered personal injury and his passenger died after he crashed the minivan he was driving into the back of a truck. The accident happened early Tuesday morning at Tiffany Street and Barry Avenue in Hunts Point in the Bronx, NYC. The driver was arrested and charged with…
Driver injured in cement truck accident in Queens, New York
A truck driver was injured in an accident during which the cement truck he was driving on the Long Island Expressway rolled over, spilling cement on the highway and blocking traffic for 3 hours. Read more in the NY Daily News. Cement trucks are prone to rollover because not only…