A man driving his ATV in the Bronx, NYC died in the hospital after he was inadvertently rear ended by his friend who was also driving an ATV. None of the two men were wearing a helmet when the accident happened. The friend who suffered a leg injury was charged…
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A Swedish model suffered severe brain injury in an accident during which she was hit by a bus while riding her bike on Roosevelt Island in New York City
29 year old Anna Maria Mostrom, a Swedish model, was riding her bicycle on Main St., Roosevelt Island, NYC, when she was struck by a New York City bus making a left turn. The woman fell on the ground and sustained severe brain injuries. She was transported to the hospital…
New York Police Brutality – A Look Back at The Diallo Prosecution
New York personal injury lawyer Anthony Gair discusses the Amadou Diallo Criminal Prosecution. Gair Gair Conason Steigman Mackauf Bloom & Rubinowitz represented the Estate in the wrongful death action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 of The Civil Rights Act. The Diallo case was settled for $3 Million. This amount…
Are New York Hospitals ready for Ebola?
After a first US patient died from Ebola yesterday in a hospital that handled the case in a very negligent manner (see article in Reuters), New York hospitals and airports are gearing up for the worst. Starting this Saturday all passengers arriving from the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia…
MTA Bus driver passes out behind the wheel and crashes onto the sidewalk of Fifth Ave in Manhattan, NYC
At least two passengers of an MTA bus were injured in a crash during which a MTA bus jumped the curb, crashed into a tree and ended its course near the canopy of a building entrance on Fifth Ave in Manhattan. The driver who apparently passed out behind the wheel…
6 people were seriously injured in an accident during which a truck crashed into a bagel store in Queens, NYC
5 adults and an infant suffered severe personal injury after the driver of a box truck lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a bagel store located at the corner of 76th road and Queens Boulevard. The truck went almost entirely into the bagel shop. The truck accident happened…
Maspeth residents fear for their safety after a train derailes on Eliot Ave and 60th Lane in Maspeth, Queens, NYC
Nobody was injured in a train accident in Maspeth, Queens, NYC, during which a Long Island Rail Road Locomotive jumped the tracks and spilled diesel fuel. The locomotive was on a freight line, coming from Jamaica going to Long Island City when the accident happened. The line is only used…
Pedestrian dies after being struck by a SUV last night in Brooklyn
Cristina Alonso died yesterday night after she was hit by a SUV while she was crossing 14th Ave at 86th Street in Dyker Heights in Brooklyn, NYC. The police said the she was struck by the car while walking outside the crosswalk. She died at the Hopsital. Read more in…
A pedestrian was seriously injured by a taxi that jumped the curb in Uptown Manhattan
A pedestrian suffered personal injury after he was hit by a yellow cab on the sidewalk on East 59th Street near Madison Ave in New York yesterday around lunch time. The cab driver lost control of his vehicle, jumped the curb and hit the man before crashing into a building.…
Two young boys died and a good Samaritan trying to save them was severely injured in a Queens fire
A 6 year old boy and his 11 year old brothers died yesterday after they got trapped in a fire that erupted in a house in Queens, NYC. A man who tried to save them suffered severe injury after he was forced to jump out of a second floor window…