A driver who critically injured a pedestrian in NYC on Halloween Night and was charged with attempted murder told the NY Daily News he had no idea he hit someone. 50 year old Richard Keith was driving his car in Long Island City on Halloween night when a group of…
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Crazy van driver fatally hit pedestrian over fender-bender fight in Brooklyn, NYC
A pedestrian was killed by a van driver who had previously crashed into his car in a supermarket parking lot in New York City. The 65 year old victim was coming out of Costco on Second Ave and 37th Street in Sunny Park, Brooklyn when he saw a commercial van…
Drunk driver severely injured construction worker before plunging into a ditch
A construction worker suffered two broken legs after he was struck by a drunk driver early Saturday morning in Staten Island, NYC. The driver, 28 year old Keith Hayes was driving his 2015 Nissan Altima on Midland Ave and made a right turn onto Hyland Boulevard. As he was turning…
Out of control driver injures family and crashes into a house in Queens, NYC
A mother and two children as well as a family sitting in their leaving room almost died in two successive car crashes committed by the same car driver. A 35 year old woman driving a yellow mustang jumped the curb Friday afternoon in Queens hitting two boys, 2 and 6 year…
Teen driver and passenger dead in Staten Island car accident
Two teenagers died in a car accident in New York City on Monday night. 19 year old Daniel Castellano was driving a 2009 Ford Fusion while his friend 17 year old, Sebastian Serrano was sitting in the passenger seat. They were heading North on Richmond Ave in Bulls Head, Staten…
Pedestrian hit by minivan in Staten Island was a NYPD detective
A pedestrian was seriously injured in a car accident in New York City. Lisa Bergen, a 50 year old NYPD detective was crossing the street with her partner when a minivan struck her. The accident occurred on Richmond Ave near Akron St. in Bulls Head, Saten Island on Sunday a…
More than 5,000 people injured in auto accidents in NYC last August
Since Vision Zero started in 2014 fewer people are dying in traffic accidents in New York City but more and more are getting injured. Vision Zero initiatives helped decrease the number of pedestrian deaths and injuries however the number of motorists injured in car accidents in the city increased at…
One critically injured after car crashes into police cruiser in Brooklyn NYC
A sedan crashed into a police cruiser yesterday night in Brooklyn at the corner of Ralph Ave and Macdonough St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The car accident occurred as the driver of the sedan was trying to escape the police. Yesterday night 19 year old Scott Adam was behind the wheel of…
6 people injured after driver crashed into NYC laundromat; 2 Pedestrians struck in separate hit and run accidents
6 people were injured including 3 seriously in a car accident in Staten Island, NYC on Sunday. A 74 year old driver who was backing out of a parking spot in front of a laundromat, hit the gas instead of the brake and reared back at full speed in the…
10 injured in firetruck accident in New York City
A FDNY truck crashed into two cars in New York City on Saturday injuring 7 people including a child. The accident occurred in Queens at the intersection of Booth Memorial Ave and Kissena Blvd. The fire truck was on its way to a fire in Flushing and its sirens were…