In 2020, New York saw a record high in motorist (driver) deaths and bicycle injuries and deaths, a record low in pedestrian deaths and a much lower number of truck and bus accidents than usual. The Covid 19 crisis that lasted during most of 2020 had a significant impact on…
A 6 year old pedestrian was fatally struck by a school bus in New York City. The accident took place on Wednesday morning near the intersection of South Fifth Street and Hooper Street in Williamsburg. 6 year old Shimon Fried was on his way to school with his older brother. …
Repairing facades can be dangerous. Many construction workers died or were injured while repairing facades in New York without counting the multiple close calls where workers find themselves dangling out of suspended scaffolds like the worker in the below video who was lucky he could get back on. Sometimes workers…
A young mechanic was killed in an elevator accident in New York City last Thursday. 25 year old Joseph Rosa, a mechanic apprentice was helping repair an elevator in a building located at 133 E. Clark Place in the Bronx. The elevator cabin fell down the shaft and crushed the…
A reckless unlicensed 18 year old driver, behind the wheel of a stolen car, blew a stop sign and crashed into another car, killing the passenger and seriously injuring the driver last week in Staten Island. He then fled on foot. The police found him later on. He was arrested…
Imagine a scenario almost too terrible to speak about. But by not speaking about it, justice will never be done, and others might be injured. On May 17, 2015, a caring, loving grandmother took her 2-year-old grandchild for a walk in New York City. They paused for a moment and…
To reduce injuries and deaths on NYC construction sites, Mayor de Blasio signed Local Law 196 in 2017. This law requires that workers can only be allowed to work on a construction site in the city if they attended a minimum amount of hours of safety training. Construction superintendents, Site…
A pedestrian was transported to the hospital with critical injury after being struck by a car in New Yok City. The pedestrian, a young woman in her twenties was struck by a Mustang around 11:30 pm last Friday at the intersection of Cross Bay Boulevard and 163rd Avenue, in Queens…
Two e-bike riders died in NYC accidents during which they lost control of their bike while no other vehicles were involved since the beginning of this year. Another similar accident occurred around Christmas (see previous blog). On Thursday January 6th around 2:45 pm, 26 year old Cheng Wang was riding…
a 4 year old pedestrian died and a 6 year old suffered serious injury in a dramatic accident that occurred on their way to school. The accident occurred yesterday morning around 9:15. The two children had just been dropped in front of Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst on 67th Street near…