Daniel Rodriguez was drunk when he crashed his van into another car occupied by a 9 day old baby girl, her dad and a friend. The impact was so strong that the car jumped the curb injuring a pedestrian. After the crash the car started to smoke. A 60 year…
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Speeding motorcyclist dies after crashing into a car on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, NYC
A 24 year old biker was killed in a motorcycle accident in New York City. According to witnesses the man was driving his bike at a reckless speed when he hit the back of a van on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. The motorcyclist suffered severe personal injury…
Young man killed in Hit and Run Accident in Queens, NYC
Early this morning 32 year old Karoll Grzegorczyk was trying to cross a street in Queens, NYC, when he was hit by a dark color Sedan. The driver sped away leaving the man dying on the road. The police are still looking for the driver. Source: DNAInfo
32 year old woman dies in Brooklyn car accident involving two drunk drivers
A young woman was killed in a car accident between two drunk drivers on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NYC Sunday around 4:00 am. Michelle Migmot was sitting in the back seat of a car driven by 32 year old Herbert Gerrard and another 32 year old woman who suffered minor injuries…
Following two recent pedestrian fatalities, CB7 Transportation committee approves the NYC DOT proposal to improve pedestrian safety on West End Ave
61 year old Jean Chambers died on July 10th after being struck by a driver making a left turn at the intersection of of West 95th Street and West End (see previous blog). Earlier this year 9 year old Cooper Stock was crossing the street in the crosswalk and holding…
A young pedestrian sustained critical injuries after being struck by a van yesterday night in the West Village in New York
A woman in her 20s was hospitalized in critical condition after she was hit by a van last night around 3:00 am. According to the New York Daily News, the woman was running across 10th Street under a pouring rain when a van driving northbound on Hudson St. hit her.…
Surveillance video shows car crashing into a Queens beauty salon at high speed
A car driver miraculously suffered only minor injuries after he crashed his car into a Queens beauty salon last week on Thursday night. According to the NY Daily News the car driver was about to leave the gas station across the street when he mixed up the gas pedal with…
4 people suffered personal injury after a driver ran a red light and crashed into another car in Queens, NYC
A car accident near the Long Island Expressway in Maspeth, Queens, NYC, left 4 men injured on Sunday morning. Three men in their 20ies were riding in a Nissan Sedan when the driver ran a red light and crashed into a Mercedes Benz. The driver of the Mercedes Benz was…
The number of pedestrians who died in traffic fatalities in NYC is down by 24% but the number of fatal bicycle accidents is up 33% for the first six months of the year
There were 18,321 motor vehicle accidents in New York City in June according to the recent statistics published by the NYPD. This is the highest number of accidents per month in one year and the second consecutive month that this number is above 18,000. A similar increase in vehicle accidents…
To reduce traffic fatalities the NYC Department of Transportation is reviewing each street of the city to determine where a new 25mph default speed limit would be suitable
On June 25th the New York State Senate passed a bill that granted Bill deBlasio the authority to reduce the maximum speed limit from 30 mph to 25mph in all 5 boroughs of New York City (see previous blog). Now the Department of Transportation is conducting a street by street…