An elderly pedestrian died after being struck by a taxi on The Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC early Sunday morning. 88 year old Luisa Rosario, a beloved neighborhood figure, was starting to cross 109 street with the light and had the right of way when a taxi which turned right onto 109th Street…
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86 year old pedestrian dies in New York car accident
An 86 year old woman died after being struck by a car in Manhattan last Friday around 5:00 pm. The woman was crossing West End Ave near 64th Street on the Upper West Side when she was struck by a car. The driver remained at the scene of the accident while…
Between July 2012 and December 2014, 1,243 people suffered personal injury and 8 others died in motor vehicle accidents on Woodhaven Boulevard, Queens, NYC making it the third most dangerous road in New York City after Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn and the Grand Concourse, Bronx
Based on New York crash statistics analyzed from July 2012 to December 2014, the most dangerous intersections on Woodhaven Boulevard were: 101st Ave & Woodhaven Blvd with 42 crashes, 62 injuries and 1 fatality Jamaica Ave & Woodhaven Blvd with 38 crashes, 52 injuries and 2 fatalities Queens Blvd & Woodhaven Blvd with 32 crashes and 42 injuries…
The 140 speed cameras authorized by the State are now fully installed and working to protect New York City children from potential accidents related to speeding
To prevent car accidents in school areas in New York City, the Department of Transportation completed the installation of 140 speed cameras at the beginning of this month, just on time for the beginning of the school year. The installation of the speed cameras which is part of the Vision Zero initiative to…
Two cases handled by New York Personal Injury Law Firm Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom and Rubinowitz made it to the 2015 New York’s Verdicts & Settlements Hall of Fame
We are proud to announce that a bicycle accident verdict and an auto accident settlement obtained by our New York personal injury attorneys have been listed in the 2015 New York Law Journal’s New York’s Verdict & Settlement Hall of Fame. Induction into the New York’s Verdicts and Settlements Hall of…
After stealing a car from the Six Flags Great Adventure parking lot, two New York teenagers suffered personal injury in an auto accident while fleeing the police
Tow teenagers from Manhattan were injured, one critically in a car accident on Saturday around 8 pm. The non identified 17 year old driver and his 18 year old passenger identified as Steven Fermin had stolen the car from the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park in New Jersey. They were…
A pedestrian was seriously injured after a car jumped the curb and pinned her against a pole in midtown Manhattan
A female pedestrian suffered severe injury after being struck by a car in New York yesterday afternoon. The woman was standing on a sidewalk at the intersection of East 49th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan, NYC, when an out of control driver jumped the curb and pinned her against a…
The police are still looking for a hit and run driver who left a bicyclist in critical condition in Harlem New York
A 57 year old man was seriously injured in a bicycle accident during which a car hit him and fled. The bicyclist had stopped in the middle of the street and was trying to cross West 145th street near Lenox Avenue when a red sedan struck him and sped away. The impact was so…
The monthly number of pedestrians who died or who suffered personal injury in a traffic accident in New York City was at its lowest in April while the number of deaths and injuries related to bicycle accidents remained high
5 pedestrians died and 696 suffered personal injury in April in New York City compared to respectively 8 and 854 in April 2014 and 12 and 904 in April 2013. Pedestrian fatalities have been declining since the beginning of this year and reached their lowest in April. The total number of…
As the cab driver who fatally struck 9 year old Cooper Stock tries to dodge the lawsuit with technicalities, Ben Rubinowitz who represents Cooper’s family tells the New York Post that the wrongful-death case will include an “absolutely heart-wrenching video” of Richard Stock trying to pick up his son’s body immediately after the boy was run over by the cab
New York Personal Injury Lawyer Ben Rubinowitz who is representing Dana Lerner and Richard Stock in a wrongful death lawsuit against Koffi Komlani, the taxi driver who killed their son Cooper in a traffic accident, said to the New York Post that both parties were proprely served after the lawyers representing the…