A woman in a SUV was almost crushed after falling rocks came sliding down on her car while she was driving on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Chapaqua, NY. The woman was terrified but didn’t suffer any personal injury. The car that was behind her was driven by a retired cop who…
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Deaths and injuries related to traffic accidents in New York City at their lowest for the first trimester of 2015
40 people died and 10,069 suffered personal injury in a traffic crash in New York City between January 1st and April 1st 2015 compared to respectively 51 and 10,805 in 2014 and 69 and 11,676 in 2013. it is also interesting to note that there were more accidents during the three first months of this year…
6 people suffered personal injury after a livery car flipped over in Harlem, New York
6 people were injured in a car accident during which a livery van collided with another car on Park Ave at E. 116th Street in Harlem, NYC. The collision was so powerful that the livery car flipped into the air. Two people were seriously injured and four others suffered only…
Two people injured after a car driver who was fleeing the scene of shooting hit a motorcycle at a dangerous Bronx intersection
Two men suffered personal injury in a collision between a car and a motorcycle in the Bronx, NYC. The accident happened at the busy intersection of Baychester and Nereid. During the investigation the police discovered a bullet hole in the car which led them to suspect that the car driver may…
2 police officers injured in a car crash following a dangerous high speed chase in Staten Island, NYC
A high speed chase across the Verrazano Bridge and Staten Island, NYC, ended with 2 police officers suffering personal injury in a car accident between the fugitive and the police. The fugitive, 41 year old Anthony Mazza had failed to appear to a sentencing for aggravated assault in New Jersey and was…
A pedestrian died after being struck by a hit and run driver in Queens, NYC, on Sunday night, that’s the second hit an run in Queens in one day
A woman in her 2o’s was crossing the street at the intersection of 76th Street and Woodisde in Queens, New York City, on Sunday night when she was struck and killed by the driver of a box truck. The driver of the truck hit the victim as he was turning…
New York cop arrested for drunk driving after crashing his car during the snow storm
A 30 year NYPD Veteran who was off duty crashed his car while he was driving under the influence during the snow storm when all non-emergency vehicles were supposed to be off the road. He was arrested after he hit another vehicle at East 58th Street and Kings Highway in…
A hit and run driver who fatally struck a 44 year old female pedestrian in Harlem on December 31st just surrendered at the DA’s office
28 year old Prezidor Porbeni surrendered and admitted that he fled the police after he fatally hit a woman with his SUV in Harlem, NYC, on New Year’s eve. The victim, 44 year old photographer Guler Ugur-Yaacobi (see picture), was hit by the SUV near the intersection of W.113th St…
Two people injured after an explosion caused a manhole to fly and strike a taxi
An NYC taxi driver and his passenger suffered personal injury after an explosion caused a manhole to fly in the air and strike the taxi on Lexington near 44th street in Manhattan early Monday morning. The impact damaged the doors and the windshield of the taxi. A good Samaritan pulled…
Car Accident NYC: 10 proposals from Gridlock Sam to reduce traffic fatalities
Former Traffic Commissioner Sam Schwartz, also known as Gridlock Sam because he coined the term gridlock, believes the following measures would be effective in cutting down the number of pedestrian accidents in New York City. forensic investigation of all fatal and severe accidents by a traffic engineer more pedestrian…