While the NYPD mentioned to media that the woman who fatally struck a delivery worker in Queens, NYC and crashed her car in the dining area of a restaurant might have suffered a medical episode, her family disagrees. Costas Yerolemou, the ex-husband of Maro Yerolemou told Street Blog NYC that…
How to prevent injuries and deaths caused by construction accidents in New York City is the main subject of the yearly Build Safe, Live Safe Conference organized by the NYC Department of Buildings. The conference is digital for the second consecutive year because of the ongoing Covid19 restrictions in regards…
A 37 year-old delivery man was killed and several other people were injured in a reckless car crash in Queens, NYC. The accident took place last Thursday night around 6:00 pm. A 60 year-old woman driving a 2013 Merccedez-Benz C-300 who was driving behind a slow-moving vehicle lost patience and…
A pedestrian died from his injuries after being struck by an e-bike in NYC. The accident took place on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. 71 year old Hing Chung, the manager of the Dim Sum restaurant Jing Fong, stepped on the bike lane between two cars and was hit…
1,393 pedestrians, 695 bicyclists, 2,564 passengers and 4,332 motorists were injured in car accidents in NYC during the first 3 months of the year compared to respectively 2,206, 715, 3,306 and 5,032 during the same period a year earlier. After a peak in the first quarter of 2019 the number…
Our partner Anthony Gair has carved out a reputation as one of the best product liability lawyers in NYC. Yesterday he talked to CNBC journalist Lauren Thomas about the refusal by Peloton to comply with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and recall its high-end treadmill Tread+. Multiple children and a…
A cruel and reckless driver blows a stop sign, hits a cyclist critically injuring him, drives away, comes back, takes a look at the cyclist, gets back in his car and speeds away. The accident occurred at night last week in the Bronx. A 46 year-old cyclist was riding his…
A NYC pedestrian died from his injuries after a light pole fell on him. The pole fell after a MTA Bus who was trying to swerve around a disabled vehicle struck it with its side mirror. The accident occurred a week ago on Thursday night in Brooklyn. 59 year old,…
Car accidents are one of the leading causes of injuries and deaths for children. In the US, 636 children under 12 year old died and 97,000 were injured in car crashes in 2018. From researching child restraint performance to analyzing teenager behavior behind the wheel and testing safety of future autonomous…
One day after a pedestrian died after being hit by a car on a Manhattan sidewalk and 5 other people were injured after a car jumped the curb in Brooklyn (see previous blog), another NYC pedestrian died after being struck by a car jumping the curb in Brighton Beach in…