On February 4th, around 11 pm, Marco Orellana was hit by a car on North Conduit Avenue near JFK airport. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The police announced yesterday that the man died from his injuries on February 11th. The police also said that they were still…
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A driver who fatally struck a pedestrian who was crossing the road in the crosswalk was charged with failing to exercise due care and driving without a license
The NYPD announced they have charged a 60 year old driver who killed a 27 year old pedestrian in Brooklyn at the end of December. Raul Leone-Vasquez was hit in the crosswalk by Simcha Rosemblatt as he was crossing Bay Pkwy at Bath Ave in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, NYC. He…
A 69 year old pedestrian died after being struck by a car in Queens, New York
A 57 year old woman was driving on Bell Boulevard near Estates lane in Bayside when she accidentaly hit a 69 year old woman who was trying to cross the street. The accident happened around around 5:30 pm. The victim was rushed to the hospital but she couldn’t be saved…
Installation of speed-cameras in school areas in New York City leads to 59% decline of speeding tickets
Too many children in New York City died or suffered personal injury because a speeding car hit them on their way to or from their school. To prevent these types of accidents and as part of the Vision Zero initiative, the NYC Department of Transportation started to install speed-cameras in…
30 year old mechanic crushed to death in elevator accident in Manhattan, NYC
A man working in an elevator shaft was crushed to death by an empty elevator that moved down 3 floors at 75th West End Ave on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, NYC. A resident of the building complained that “elevators have been a mess in the building for years”.…
NYC Pedestrian fatalities at their lowest in 2014 according to preliminary data from the City
132 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in 2014 in New York City according to preliminary numbers announced recently by city officials. According to them these numbers are the lowest since 1910 when the city started to provide accurate traffic accident statistics. (See article in the New York Times). The NYPD…
Unattended cooking caused the New Year’s Eve fire that killed 3 members of a Haitian-American family in Queens, NY
Home cooking is the number one cause of fire accidents and fire injuries in New York. 33 % of these fires are caused by unattended cooking. The most recent one happened in Queens, NYC, last week when a family left a traditional Haitian holiday soup unattended on the stove. The…
One teenager is dead and another one is seriously injured after both were struck by a hit and run driver while crossing a Bronx Street in NYC
16 year old Dylon Ramirez is dead and a 15 year old female is in critical condition as a result of a pedestrian accident that happened yesterday around 5pm at the intersection of Baychester Ave and Crawford Ave in the Bronx, NYC. Both teenagers were crossing the road when a…
Elderly pedestrian killed by teen driver in car accident yesterday in Queen, NYC
84 year old Ignascio Andal was crossing the street when he was struck by a car driven by a 17 year old driver. The accident happened on Wicklow Place in Jamaica Estates, Queens, NYC, yesterday afternoon. The elderly man who lived just a few blocks away died from his injuries…
A 10 year old died and her 33 year old pregnant mom was injured and rushed to the hospital where she gave birth to a baby girl after they were struck by a van in Brooklyn
Blima Friedman died and her pregnant mother suffered personal injury after they were hit by a 22 year old driver who was working as a valet parker yesterday night around 9 pm in Brooklyn. The two pedestrians were crossing 60th street midblock between 17th Ave and 18th Ave when the…