Several people suffered personal injury in a Brooklyn car accident during which a police officer who was chasing another car lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a van. According to the New York Daily News, the van was transporting other police officers. The collision was so violent that…
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The number of people killed in traffic accidents is at its lowest in more than a year in NYC
In February 12 people died as a result of vehicle accidents among them 8 pedestrians, 1 cyclist, 1 passenger and 2 drivers. This is the lowest number of monthly traffic fatalities in more than a year. Last month a total of 21 people died in traffic accidents in NYC and…
Two days after a similar accident killed a 5 year old pedestrian, a driver attempting to parallel park killed an elderly woman who was crossing the street in Brooklyn
A 77 year old pedestrian was crossing a residential street in Brooklyn when she was struck and suffered injury leading to her death by a 2014 Mercedes Benz attempting to parallel park. Marlene Baharlias, 77, was jaywalking when she stepped off an East 19th street curb mid-block between Avenue U…
Campaign to reduce pedestrian accidents in New York: 10 Neighborhood communities that have applied for “Slow Zone” and that have been rejected protest by installing fake “20 is plenty” speed limit signs
A pedestrian struck by a car is twice as likely to survive if the car speed is 20 mph instead of 30 mph. To increase traffic safety and combat speeding in residential areas, the DOT started in 2011 a Community based Neighborhood Slow Zone Program which includes a reduction of…
4 New York City auxiliary police officers suffered serious personal injury in an auto accident in Queens, NYC
4 NYPD auxiliary police officers and a civilian were seriously injured after the police car was struck by another car in Queens, NYC, yesterday afternoon. The accident happened at the intersection of 172nd street and 73rd Ave. Police said they are still investigating the crash. Read more in the New…
5 year old struck and killed by a car backing up in Brooklyn, New York
A young boy died after he was hit by a minivan on Empire Blvd in Brooklyn, NYC. The minivan driver, 23 year old Elysabeth Mayard, backed up, drove over 5 year old Roshard Charles (picture) and ran away as the mother of the boy was banging on her window asking…
2 car drivers and one pedestrian suffered severe personal injury in a car accident on a dangerous street in Staten Island, New York
A frontal collision between two cars injured the two car drivers and one pedestrian in Great Kills, Staten Island, NYC. The accident happened on Amboy Road near Sherwood Place. One of the cars apparently swerved on to the wrong side of the road and collided with the other car that…
8 People suffered Personal Injury in a Car Accident during which a car plowed into a store in the Bronx, NYC
A car crashed into a store in the Bronx injuring 8 people. According to a witness it seems like the driver who was parked in front of the store hit the gas pedal instead of the break. Read more on ABC New York News Photo: Tony Aiello
Last weekend in New York two pedestrian accidents killed one and severely injured another
A pedestrian was killed and another one suffered severe personal injury in two separate car accidents. 64 year old Kumar Ragunath was crossing Northern Blvd at 40th Road on Saturday night when he was struck by a SUV driver as he was crossing out of the crosswalk. The driver didn’t…
After Ariel Russo, a 4 year old girl, was struck causing her death by a reckless SUV driver, a New York Street is renamed after her.
Ariel Russo was killed in a car accident last June as she was walking to school with her grandmother. The two pedestrians were on Amsterdam Ave at 97th street when a 17 year old driver with a learners permit jumped the curb and hit the young girl causing her death.…