NYC Fatal traffic accidents were at their lowest last January. During the first month of 2018, 11 people died in a traffic accident compared to respectively 18, 17, 13, 21 and 28 in January 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013. The only months when the number of monthly fatal auto…
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Driver runs red light kills two children at dangerous NYC intersection
Two young pedestrians died a 3 adults were injured after being hit by a reckless driver in Brooklyn, NYC, on Monday afternoon. 44 year Dorothy Burns was behind the wheel of her Volvo Sedan when she slowly drove through a red light and drove into pedestrians crossing the road at…
2 Dead and 9 Injured in Bronx Fire
Two people died and 9 were injured in a fire accident in New York City. The fire started on the first floor of a building located on Hoffman Street near 87th Street in Belmont, Bronx around 1:30 am on Monday morning. After the fire broke out in one of the…
Pedestrian dies in New York truck accident
An 83-year-old man died after being hit by a pick-up truck in Manhattan. The pedestrian identified as Gilbert DiBernardo was killed in front of his apartment building in KipsBay. The collision occurred Friday afternoon around 4:00 pm. The man was in the crosswalk located on Second Avenue and was almost…
Alcohol suspected in deadly New York crash
The passenger of a car died after the driver crashed into the back of a truck in New York. The accident occurred early Tuesday morning on Frederick Douglas Blvd near the intersection of 129th Street in Harlem. A 35 year old woman driving a Mercedes crashed into the back of…
Trucker who was online shopping just before fatal accident pleads guilty
Last June a Rochester professor was killed in a NY truck accident on Interstate 90. Just before the accident the driver was allegedly shopping online while driving at 70 mph in a construction area. The driver identified as 27 year old Kristofer Gregorek pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter. He is…
NYC bicyclist dies after being hit by a hit and run shuttle bus near Laguardia Airport
A bicyclist died in a hit and run accident near Laguardia Airport in New York City. After reviewing surveillance videos, the Police now believe that the victim was hit by a shuttle bus. 36 year old Steven Morales was pedaling on Runway Drive near Laguardia Airport around 7:00 pm when…
21 year old dies in NYC car accident
A young man died in a car crash in Queens, NYC Saturday around 12:45 am. The 21 year old man whose identity wasn’t released lost control of his vehicle while driving on Union Turnpike in Forest Hills near Woodhaven Boulevard. He hit a divider near the Stop & Shop supermarket…
A man died and a woman was critically injured after being hit by a piece of fire escape that fell 7 stories
A man and a woman walking on Howard Street in New York City suffered critical injury after being hit on their heads by a falling piece of fire escape on Friday afternoon. The man, identified as 58 year old Richard Marchhart from Long Island, succumbed to his injuries a day…
Will the latest train accident push Positive Train Control into operation sooner
If Positive Train Control (PTC) was functioning, the recent fatal train accident between a New York – Miami Amtrack and CSX freight train in South Carolina wouldn’t have occurred. PTC uses satellite technology and track sensors to determine the location of a train and to find out if there is…