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Unlicensed driver arrested after killing one pedestrian and injuring two others in New York City car accident

One pedestrian died and two others where injured yesterday night in Brooklyn, NYC, after an unlicensed driver lost control of his vehicle and jumped the curb. Yesterday around 5:30 pm, 30 year old Victoria Nicodemus was walking with her boyfriend on a sidewalk of Fulton Street near South Portland Street…

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In an article related to the deadly Metro-North crash, New York Train Accident Attorney Howard Hershenhorn questions why the train operator’s sleep apnea was undiagnosed

New York Train Accident Lawyer Howard Hershenhorn  is representing one of the four victims who were killed when a sleeping engineer derailed a speeding train in the Bronx in 2013. He was recently quoted in a Lohud article related to this accident. Here is what he told the newspaper about the NTSB…

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Trying Damages in the Wrongful Death Case of an Adult Child

In their Trial Advocacy column in the New York Law Journal, Personal Injury Attorneys Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan write: Damages in a case involving the death of a working spouse and parent can readily be communicated to a jury. The more difficult case is when the decedent is a…

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The number of pedestrians injured or killed in traffic accidents reached a record low while the number of bicyclists injured or killed reached a record high during the warm season in New York City

The number of pedestrians injured or killed in a traffic accident in New York City over a period of 3 months reached a record low during the period of July, August and September 2015. 2186 pedestrians were injured during this period of time compared to 2270 during the same period…

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The monthly number of pedestrians killed in vehicle accidents in New York City in September reached a record low while the number of people killed in bicycle accidents remained on an uptrend; truck and bus accidents are also on the rise

776 pedestrians, 513 bicyclists, 1236 passengers and 1960 motorists suffered personal injury in motor vehicle accidents in New York City in September compared to respectively 714 pedestrians, 565 bicyclists, 1448 passengers and 2010 motorists in August and 751 pedestrians, 485 bicyclists, 1677 passengers and 1523 motorists in September 2014. While…

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unlicensed driver arrested after killing a pedestrian and injuring others in NYC car accident

Another pedestrian died in a car accident in NYC on Monday night. Paul Omoregie, an unlicensed driver who was trying to stop another car from passing him lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a bus stop stand and a tree before fatally striking 50 year old Charles Kinyeti who…

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After 11 pedestrians died and several others were injured in traffic accident in New York City last week, the efficiency of Vision Zero program is being questioned

Three pedestrians died in New York car accidents over the weekend after 8 others already died during the week. Two of the accidents happened on the Upper West Side (see previous blogs here and here) and the third one happened in Ozone Park, Queens where a 68 year old man…

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A 73 year old taxi driver who fatally struck a pedestrian in New York confessed to the police that he had been working for 16 hours

An elderly pedestrian died after being struck by a taxi on The Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC early Sunday morning. 88 year old Luisa Rosario, a beloved neighborhood figure, was starting to cross 109 street with the light and had the right of way when a taxi which turned right onto 109th Street…

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The police identified the the hit and run bus driver who killed a Queens pedestrian last thursday night

Last Thursday an 84 year old woman was killed in a bus accident in Queens, NYC, and the driver just sped away. Earlier during the week another victim was killed by a hit and run bus driver in New York City (see previous blog). This particular accident happened at the busy intersection of…

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Halloween horror story: car crashes into two groups of trick-or-treaters killing a child and two adults and injuring 3 other people

3 pedestrians died and 3 others suffered personal injury in a car accident in New York City last Saturday during Halloween celebrations. 10 year old Nyanna Aquil and her 65 year old grandfather Louis Perez  as well as 24 year old Christian Leka died after 52 year old Howard Hunger lost…

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