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After stealing a car from the Six Flags Great Adventure parking lot, two New York teenagers suffered personal injury in an auto accident while fleeing the police

Tow teenagers from Manhattan were injured, one critically in a car accident on Saturday around 8 pm.  The  non identified 17 year old driver and his 18 year old passenger identified as Steven Fermin had stolen the car from the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park in New Jersey. They were…

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A 22 year old motorcyclist died after being struck by a SUV driving the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway in Putnam, NY

22 year old Jefrrey Divine of Stormville died in a motorcycle accident, early Sunday morning in Putnam Valley, NY. The motorcyclist was riding North on the Taconic State Parkway when he collided with a SUV Subaru driving in the wrong way around 3.35 am on Sunday. According to the preliminary investigation, 40…

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2 pedestrians were injured including one critically after a drunk driver lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a store in the Bronx, NYC

A woman in her thirties suffered critical personal injury after she was pinned between a car and a a wall by a drunk driver who slammed into a Bronx produce stand yesterday. Another pedestrian was injured by flying debris. The 68 year old driver stayed at the scene of the accident and was taken…

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Kyle Jean-Baptiste, a 21 year old actor in “Les Miserables”, dies after falling from a fire escape in Brooklyn, NYC

A famous Broadway actor died this week-end after falling from the fire escape of an apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, NYC. Kyle Jean-Baptiste was the youngest and the first African-American actor to play the role of Jean Valjean in the Broadway Musical “Les Miserables”. According to the New York Times,…

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Despite an increase in crashes, traffic related deaths and personal injuries are on a declining trend in New York City

There were 19,061 motor vehicle accidents in New York City in July 2015 compared to 19,428 the previous month. During the same month in 2014 and 2013 there were respectively 17,361 and 17,548 crashes.  For the last 3 months the number of  accidents was unusually high and stayed above 19,000. So…

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A worker died in an elevator accident at a New York construction site

A construction worker died after he fell down an elevator shaft in New York. The accident happened yesterday at the beginning of the afternoon at the construction site of a future hotel located at 577 9th Avenue near 41st Street in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. According to DNA Info the construction worker…

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A 65 year old Chinese food delivery man suffered serious personal injury after a truck struck him as he was riding his bike in Brooklyn, New York City

A bicyclist was critically injured after being hit by a truck in Brooklyn, NYC yesterday. The accident happened at the intersection of Bath Ave and Bay 25th Street. The bicyclist who was delivering food for China Garden located half block away was trying to cross Bath Ave when he was…

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A 90 year old woman died after being struck by a FedEx van while crossing a New York City street in the crosswalk

An elderly pedestrian succumbed to her wounds two days after she was hit by a FedEx van.  Lubov Brodskaya was crossing Ave J near E 12th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn, NYC around 1;30 pm on Wednesday when the accident happened.  The van which was turning right onto Ave J hit the woman…

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A Resort World Casino New York City bus crashed into a building in Queens, injuring several passengers

Nearly a dozen people were injured in a bus accident in New York City yesterday afternoon. The bus was traveling on the north bond bus lane of Woodhaven Boulevard when a SUV traveling in the same direction cut in front of it to make a right turn. The bus driver tried to…

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In less than 24 hours, fire accidents all over New York City have left two people dead and more than twenty others injured including a toddler who was left in critical condition

22 people including 10 firefighters suffered personal injury in a two-alarm fire that ravaged the 16th and 17th floors of a high rise building on 3333 Broadway in Manhattan. The fire started around 10:00 am in the morning and firefighters battled the blaze for two hours until it was controlled (read…

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