As more and more truck traffic in the US leads to more and more truck accident fatalities, truck safety activists are pushing for the government to revise safety regulations and laws related to truck traffic in the US. 5,600 people died in truck accidents in the US in 2021 compared…
Early estimates of motor vehicle traffic fatalities in 2021 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicate that while traffic fatalities increased in the US in 2021 compared to 2020, the number of deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled slightly declined. An estimated total of 42,915 people died…
NYC Construction workers who have been injured or families of construction workers who died on the job can often sue the contractor and/or the owner of the construction sites as, sadly, the majority of construction accidents occurring on New York sites are the result of negligence. The most common construction…
In an effort to reduce an increase in fatal car accidents in New York City, legislators in Albany have signed a deal to renew the existing cameras program and to have them running 24/7 instead of the current schedule of 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. Safety advocates were pleased that…
DME Construction Associates, a negligent NY contractor who is now also listed as a severe violator, was issued a $1.2 million fine by OSHA for 4 serious and 9 willful violations of safety rules. The contractor was slapped with the hefty fine after one of its employees fell to his…
Another pedestrian died in a crash in New York City on Saturday after the driver of a van failed to yield to her 62 year old Tian-Rong Lin was crossing Seward Avenue in the Bronx when a van making a left turn from Olmstead Avenue struck her. The accident occurred…
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a MTA Bus in Staten Island, NYC, last Friday early morning and the bus driver never stopped. 69 year old Patrick Varriale, a New Springville resident and the the electronic media services division director for the American Federation of Musicians of US and Canada,…
30 year old Brian Quinones, a paraprofessional at Midwood High School in Brooklyn, NYC, has been arrested last week for cyberstalking, distribution of child phonography and sexually exploiting a minor. Quinones was working in a one-and-one capacity with special need students. Quinones preyed on his victims on the internet. He…
A teacher at a NYC public school allegedly sexually abused a 10 year old student and forcibly touched her. He also showed naked adult female pictures to 3 others. 48 year old Norman Dunkley has been teaching science for more than 23 years at Public School 70 in Claremont Village. …
59% of all deadly crashes in New York City occur during hours when speed cameras are turned off and speeding is the number one factor of car accident fatalities in New York City with 4 out of 5 fatal crashes caused by speed according to a new report recently published…