A tragic car accident resulted in 3 deaths and multiple injuries in New York City last Saturday night as a bunch of local teenagers gathered on a remote area of the Floyd Bennett airfield for some summer antics. Two 16 year old drivers with other young passengers on board crashed…
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a car backing up in a residential street in New York City. 64 year old Richard O’Flaherty was crossing Caffrey Avenue in Far Rockaway when he was hit by a car backing up the street. The driver initially made a turn from New Haven…
A man was killed in a box truck accident in New York City last Tuesday. Hamlet Cruz Gomez was going grocery shopping in his SUV when the driver of a stolen box truck lost control of his vehicle and crashed into the SUV. The truck driver, Ramon Pera was behind…
Too many construction workers are still being injured or dying while working in trenches or excavations. A new video by OSHA on excavation and trenching safety looks at previous violations and how to prevent them. While doing excavation, construction workers are facing multiple hazards. Cave in hazard is the most…
The number of pedestrian fatalities in New York City which had significantly decreased during the coronavirus lock-down peaked back up as soon as the city started to reopen. Yesterday night around 9:30 pm a 50 year old man who was crossing the street at the intersection of Beach Avenue and…
As summer season is back, water related injuries and deaths are starting to increase. In New York, the underwater currents at Rockaway Beach are known to be dangerous and ever year people are seriously injured or died after drowning in the water at this location. This year on May 22nd,…
Two people died and 6 people were injured in car crashes in New York City in less than 24h. As New York is reopening, the number of car accidents which had significantly declined during the lock down are expected to rise again. The first car accident occurred on Sunday night…
2 people were killed and 20 of them were injured in bicycle accidents in the Bronx, NYC, during the second week of June. Bicycle accident injuries in the Bronx increased by 81.8 % during the week of June 8 to June 14 according to NYPD statistics. The Bronx is the only…
A 19 year old female bicyclist was killed in a MTA bus accident yesterday. The young woman was struck by the BmX10 bus on Fifth Avenue at the corner of the 59th Street intersection. It is still not exactly clear how the accident occurred. A hot dog vendor who witnessed…
In a recent blog on NYC traffic accidents in April we highlighted the increase in car accident fatalities related to speed and recklessness. Many of us who stayed in the city during the lock-down could hear the noises of cars speeding throughout the city and witness car drivers speeding on…