Close

Articles Posted in Wrongful Death

Updated:

A rookie police officer died and 8 other officers were injured in a crash during which the driver of a NYPD van lost control of the vehicle in a sharp turn on the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx, NYC

A violent crash killed one NYPD officer and injured 8 others early morning Sunday in the Bronx. The police officers from the 47th Precinct in the Bronx were on their way to assignments for the Climate March in Midtown Manhattan when the driver of the van lost control of the…

Updated:

A pedestrian died from severe head injury after being hit by a reckless cyclist who crashed into her in Central Park, New York

59 year old Jill Tarlov was struck by a cyclist as she was in a crosswalk in Central Park last Thursday.She suffered severe head trauma and was on life support before she passed away this week-end. According to witnesses the cyclist was riding his bike recklessly and was most probably…

Updated:

Woman killed by bus as she tried to reach underneath it to pick up her cell phone in Brooklyn, NYC

A pedestrian died in a tragic bus accident yesterday in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. The woman had just stepped off the B44 bus when she dropped her cell phone. The phone fell under the bus and the woman reached under the bus to get it. The driver who didn’t see…

Updated:

Off-duty NYPD cop was drunk when he drove the wrong way on the NY State Thruway and crashed his car into another vehicle killing himself and the other driver

Results of the autopsy show that Richard Christopher, an off duty Bronx cop, had .21% blood alcohol content when he drove the wrong way and killed himself and another man in a car crash on a New York State Highway. On August 12th, 32 year old Richard Christopher, an 8-year…

Updated:

1 dead and 2 injured in an accident between a truck and a minivan in the Bronx, NYC

An unlicensed driver suffered personal injury and his passenger died after he crashed the minivan he was driving into the back of a truck. The accident happened early Tuesday morning at Tiffany Street and Barry Avenue in Hunts Point in the Bronx, NYC. The driver was arrested and charged with…

Updated:

OSHA now requires employers to report employee fatalitities within 8 hours and severe injury requiring hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye within 24 hours

OSHA recently updated its Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting regulation by announcing a new rule that requires employers to report not only single fatalities but also single hospitalizations, amputations or loss of an eye. Previously, OSHA’s regulations required an employer to report only work-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of…

Updated:

Minivan taxi driver fatally strikes a man who was changing a tire on the Van Wyck Expressway and injures 3 other people

A man died and two women and a child suffered personal injury in a car accident on the Van Wyck Expressway near JKF Airport. According to the New York Daily News, the victim had pulled his car to the shoulder of the highway to change a flat tire when he…

Updated:

Five people injured and one dead in a multi-car accident in Rosedale, NYC

Five people were sent to the hospital and a 24 year old motorcyclist died in a car crash involving several vehicles near the intersection of Rockaway and Brookville in Queens, NYC. The motorcyclist was riding his bike on Rocakaway Blvd when it broke down. Several people met him and helped…

Updated:

A 55 year old pedestrian died after being struck by the City bus she had just stepped off in Elmhurst, Queens, NYC

A 55 year old woman was killed in a bus accident as she was crossing Astoria Boulevard last night around 10 pm. Melanie Ward exited the Q47 bus on 80th Street just before the intersection with Astoria Boulevard in Elmhurst. She then proceeded to cross Astoria Boulevard in the crossing…

Updated:

Senator Schumer secures $25 million in federal funding for NYC Vision Zero Initiatives to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries

13 projects to prevent pedestrian and bicycle accidents in New York City are going to be funded by a $25 million federal grant secured by Senator Schumer. Previous Vision Zero Crash analysis and input from communities were used to select the13 project locations. Projects will include an extension of the…

Contact Us