Donna Sturm, a pedestrian who suffered traumatic brain injury after being struck by a bicyclist in midtown Manhattan almost two weeks ago died from her injuries over the week-end. Donna was left in a coma since the accident that occurred on April 24 around 1:00 pm. The 67 year old…
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One dead two injured in Manhattan car accident related to speed
A speeding driver lost control of her vehicle causing a huge crash, killing the passenger who was her husband and hurting another road user. The accident occurred early Tuesday morning in New York. 25 year old Dhanairy Ramirez was driving her Honda at a speed estimated to be 80 to…
Construction worker dies in New York crane accident
A NYC hard hat who was installing a crane died after the counter weight he was setting fell on him. 34 year old Gregory Echevarria was part of a crew installing a crane at a luxury residential development located at 570 Broome Street in Soho early Saturday morning. A little…
Student fatally fell from Bell Tower at Fordham Univeristy
A student fell to her death in New York after trying to climb to the top of the Bell Tower at Fordham University. 22 year old Sydney Monfries was among a group of students who, at 3:00 am on Sunday morning decided to climb to the top of the Keating…
Construction worker on scaffold killed by falling stone in New York
A stone fell on the head of a NYC construction worker and killed him on Monday. 51 year old Nelson Salinas from Queens was on a scaffold, repairing the facade of an Upper East Side residential building in Manhattan when the accident occurred. A delivery man saw him dangling…
Pedestrian killed in dangerous corridor where community board was opposing street redesign
A pedestrian was killed by a hit and run driver in New York on Friday. 26 year old Erica Imbasciani was fatally pinned against a parked car by a speeding hit and run driver on 141st Street and Amsterdam on Friday night. The driver was caught by the police and…
One pedestrian dead and six injured in Manhattan accident
A pedestrian was killed and six other were injured by a reckless driver on Canal Street in Chinatown, New York last week. A surveillance video of the accident shows 70 year old Henry Herman of Monroe, NY, backing up for at least half a block and then crashing into pedestrians…
Citi Bike accident: bus driver found guilty of misdemeanor
The bus driver who fatally struck a cyclist on West 26th Street, New York, was found guilty of violating New York City’s Right of Way Law, failure to exercise due care and traffic violation, after a trial that lasted two days. On a Monday morning in June 2017, Dan Hanegby was…
Death Penalty Sought by Federal Prosecutors in the West Side Highway Bike Path Terror Attack
Last Halloween, a terrorist driving a rental truck plowed into bicyclists and pedestrians on the Greenway bike path along the West Side Highway near Battery Park. In his act of terror, Sayfullo Saipov killed 8 people and injured 13 others after he entered the bike path North of Chambers Street…
2 pedestrians died in two separate accidents in New York City
A pedestrian died in a car accident in the Bronx, NYC, after being struck by a drunk driver. The accident occurred Friday morning around 9:30 am. 33 year old Shakira Price, a teacher at Schuylerville Preparatory High School in the Bronx was drunk behind the wheel when she first crashed…