Caleb Schwab sustained a fatal neck injury as he was riding the the “Verrückt” which is the world’s tallest water slide. The 10 year old boy was decapitated and found dead in a pool at the bottom of the slide. The accident happened at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas. The…
When a victim is injured in a car accident in NYC, the NYPD tends to blame the victim and anonymous police sources often speculated to the press about the cause of the accident. This attitude was criticized in a recent report published by Transportation Alternatives (see page 19 of the report). They…
42 people were injured at a Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa concert last Fridat night in Camden NJ. The two artists were performing at the BB&T Pavillon when a railing collapsed causing dozens of fans to fall several feet below onto the concrete (see video at the bottom). One person was…
29 people died in car accidents in New York City last June bringing the total number of car accident fatalities in the city to 111 for the first sixth months of 2016. These numbers are higher than last year when 20 people were killed in NYC car accidents in June and…
In New York City, left turn accidents account for 19% of the crashes that kill or severely injure (KSI) pedestrians and bicyclists compared to 6% for right turns. At most New York intersections drivers are permitted to tun left while pedestrians are in the crosswalk. While pedestrians have a false sense of security…
New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York and Mount Sinai Hospital, New York placed on the list of the US News 2016-17 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, in respectively the 6th, 10th and 15th position. Each hospital is evaluated on 16 adult medical specialties and 10 pediatric specialties.…
The police arrested the driver who killed two pedestrians in Brooklyn and then fled the scene of the accident (see previous blog) . The man was identified as 21 year old Efrin Lanfranco-Perez. The young man was speeding when he hit Delmer Maldonado and Israel Turcios who were crossing the street…
A defective car killed Anton Yelchin and his parents are suing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, manufacturer ZF North America and car dealership chain AutoNation for the wrongful death of their son. 29 year old Anton Yelchin, a “Star Trek” actor was killed last June in front of his house. The actor had…
Could a child be better protected from potential injury and abuse if the CPS investigator was not randomly assigned to his or her case but specialized in that specific type of case? In a recent article, Daniel Pollack, a professor at Yeshiva University’s School of Social Work in New York City…
A 22 year old man was severely injured in a car accident in New York City. The young man was struck by a car at the intersection of Dry Harbor Road and Woodhaven Blvd in Queens (see Gooogle map picture) last Friday morning around 4:4o am. The driver who hit him…