21 year old Michael Messina was critically injured after being hit by a car in NYC early this morning. The young man was riding a scooter on Cooper Ave near 73rd Place in Glendale, Queens around 3:45 am when a car traveling in the opposite direction veered into his lane and hit…
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One pedestrian died and another suffered personal injury in two separate car accidents in New York City last night
No pedestrian crossing at this intersection Picture: courtesy of Google map A 45 year old man was fatally struck by a negligent driver who didn’t stop after he hit the victim. The car accident happened on 21st Street and 30th Road in Queens, NYC, yesterday around 11:00 pm. The man…
New York Pedestrian killed by driver backing into parking space
A pedestrian was fatally hit by a car in Manhattan on Friday. The pedestrian was a 76 year old woman who was trying to cross Madison Avenue near 95th street. The car driver was heading north on Madison Avenue when he noticed a parking spot. As he attempted to back…
The New York City DOT just released maps showing how speed limits have changed since de Blasio lowered the NYC default speed limit to 25 mph in an effort to reduce the number of fatal car accidents
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…
12 people suffered personal injury in a 6-alarm fire that spread over several buildings in Brooklyn, NYC
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…
A woman suffered personal injury in NYC after the window of her limo exploded
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.…
Pedestrian bicycle and motorcycle accidents were unusually high in New York City in February while bus and truck accidents decreased
February showed an increase in pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents and motorcycle accidents in NYC while bus accidents and truck accidents were lower than the previous years during the same month. Was the usually warm weather a contributing factor or is Vision Zero not really working? After two years of decrease,…
Young man in critical condition after falling from defective fire escape in Brooklyn, NYC
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…
New York police officer let go hit and run driver who injured a pedestrian after he flashes a badge
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…
2 people injured in NYC car crash
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…