A man in his 70s suffered serious injury after being struck by a tractor-trailer truck in Queens, NYC. The man was crossing Jamaica Ave. near 168th Street around noon when he was hit by a dairy truck. His legs got pinned under the wheels and were severely mangled. An airbag was used…
20 people died and dozens suffered personal injury after two trains collided head-on on a single track. The accident took place in Corato, near Bari in Italy. The two trains that collided belong to a local private rail company, Ferrotramviaria SpA. The company operates around 20 electrical trains in the region.…
An eight year old boy died from his injuries after accidentally drowning in the swimming pool of a cruise ship that had just left New York and was heading to the Caribbeans. Prince Andepoju from Maryland, was a passenger abroad the Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas that had just left…
A driver died and a pedestrian was injured in a NYC car accident involving a cell phone thief who was involved in a high-speed chase by the police. After allegedly steeling a cell phone at the Queens Village Auto Body shop on Hempstead Avenue, 51 year old Derrick Perkins fled in his BMW.…
Alton Sterling and Philando Castille are the two most recent victims of an epidemic of police brutality and discrimination against African Americans all over this country. These two men died this week in two separate incidents during which both of them were literally executed by the police. On Tuesday a gruesome…
A 76-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a car two months ago in Queens, NYC, died from her injuries. Maria Damaco was crossing the intersection of Fresh Pond Road and Myrtle Ave Avenue when she was hit by car making a left turn. The car driver, a 36-year-old woman, stayed at…
A 42 year old woman suffered serious hand injury while playing with pyrotechnics in New York City, the night before July 4th. According to the police, she may have lost one or two fingers. The accident happened in Flatbush, Brooklyn around 5:00 am. The woman was transported to the ER to be…
A few days after a NYC toddler died by falling from a window, another one injured himself badly in a similar manner. The 5 year old boy fell from the 5th floor of a 6-story building and miraculously survived. The New York Daily News reported that something may have broken the…
A New York City nursing home security guard punched an 83 year old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s in the face. 55 year old Michael Adagba was working as a security guard at the Vanderbilt Nursing Home on Castleton Ave. in Tompkinsville, Staten Island last Friday. Around 7:30 p.m. an 83 year old…
5 people died and 51 were injured in elevator accidents in New York City last year. Last year in October a man was crushed to death as he tried to escape an elevator at the Espoir Building in Brooklyn (see previous blog). Trying to escape a stalled elevator is not…
