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An elderly Brooklyn woman accused of hit-and-run claimed that she didn’t see the victim and thought a ball struck the car

78 year old Lynn Reynolds  was making a left turn when she fatally struck a 14 year old pedestrian last year in Brooklyn, NYC.  She got out of her car, looked around and then got back into her car and drove home 4 blocks away. She was arraigned yesterday  for…

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Two pedestrians were injured in two separate car accidents in the Bronx, NYC

A man suffered serious personal  injury after he was intentionally run over by a driver with whom he had an argument minutes before the hit and run on 155th street and Union Street in the Bronx, NYC. The man was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The police were looking for…

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The police are looking for a hit and run driver who was caught on tape injuring a pedestrian in Mott Haven, Bronx, NYC

A female pedestrian was left injured on the road by a negligent driver who backed into her and took off.  The accident was caught on camera. The video shows that after the driver struck the victim, he stopped and got out of his car. However moments later he got back into his car…

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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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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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Personal Injuries related to traffic accidents in New York City slightly decreased during the second trimester of 2015 compared to the same period of 2014 and 2013 but deaths are on the rise

Motor vehicle accidents continue to rise in New York City.  A comparison of data on a trimester basis shows that the number of vehicle accidents during the second trimester of 2015 was the highest of any trimester over the last 3 years. However, even though the total number of vehicle accidents…

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The hit and run driver who recently killed a famous jeweler in Queens has been identified and is facing murder charges

In a previous blog we described how a driver in an act of road rage ran over a pedestrian in Queens and killed him.  The driver has been identified as 46 year old Charles Jordan of Valley Stream, NY, a MTA train operator.  Jordan is facing murder and leaving the…

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Five people were injured including two critically in a car accident in Brooklyn, NYC

Two people were in critical condition and three others were seriously injured in an accident involving two cars in Brooklyn, NYC, early morning Sunday. The accident happened at the intersection of Quentin Road and E. Fifth Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn, NYC around 12:50 am.  The impact was so violent that one…

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A teen died and three other young people were injured in a car accident in Queens, NYC, yesterday night

A 17 year old driver crashed his car into a SUV last night in New York City. The front passenger of the car died while the back passenger suffered personal injury . Both drivers were also injured. The teen was driving north on 231 St with two other teen passengers when he…

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In the Aftermath of Monday’s fatal bicycle accident, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams asks the NYC department of transportation to redesign the dangerous intersection near the Barclays Center

35 year old Alejandro Moran Marin died in a bicycle accident that happened two days ago at a dangerous intersection located near the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Yesterday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held a press conference at the site of the accident. To illustrate the dangers of the intersection,…

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