A 63 year old woman suffered serious personal injury after she was hit by a hit and run driver who is still at large. The accident happened Sunday morning at 89th Avenue and 120th street in Queens, NYC. The driver hit the pedestrian at 89th Avenue and 120th Street in Queens, and sped…
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A pedestrian who was struck by a car in Queens, NYC, at the begining of the month, died from his injuries
On February 4th, around 11 pm, Marco Orellana was hit by a car on North Conduit Avenue near JFK airport. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The police announced yesterday that the man died from his injuries on February 11th. The police also said that they were still…
NYPD busted the driver who left a six year old pedestrian injured on the road after striking him when he was getting out of a school bus
An unlicensed Queens driver who was trying to drive around a stopped school bus hit 6 year old Vincente Estremera as he was getting out of the bus. The driver first stopped and picked up the young boy and told the mother that her son looked OK but he could…
Installation of speed-cameras in school areas in New York City leads to 59% decline of speeding tickets
Too many children in New York City died or suffered personal injury because a speeding car hit them on their way to or from their school. To prevent these types of accidents and as part of the Vision Zero initiative, the NYC Department of Transportation started to install speed-cameras in…
NYC Pedestrian fatalities at their lowest in 2014 according to preliminary data from the City
132 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in 2014 in New York City according to preliminary numbers announced recently by city officials. According to them these numbers are the lowest since 1910 when the city started to provide accurate traffic accident statistics. (See article in the New York Times). The NYPD…
25 people suffered personal injury in a bus accident in Brooklyn
3 people were critically injured, 3 others were seriously hurt and 19 of them suffered minor personal injuries in an accident between two cars and an MTA bus. The accident happened yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Utica Ave and Clarendon Rd in East Flatbush, Brooklyn NYC. Click here to…
One teenager is dead and another one is seriously injured after both were struck by a hit and run driver while crossing a Bronx Street in NYC
16 year old Dylon Ramirez is dead and a 15 year old female is in critical condition as a result of a pedestrian accident that happened yesterday around 5pm at the intersection of Baychester Ave and Crawford Ave in the Bronx, NYC. Both teenagers were crossing the road when a…
A 10 year old died and her 33 year old pregnant mom was injured and rushed to the hospital where she gave birth to a baby girl after they were struck by a van in Brooklyn
Blima Friedman died and her pregnant mother suffered personal injury after they were hit by a 22 year old driver who was working as a valet parker yesterday night around 9 pm in Brooklyn. The two pedestrians were crossing 60th street midblock between 17th Ave and 18th Ave when the…
One man died and 14 other people suffered serious personal injury in a huge fire that destroyed apartments on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn, NYC, early this morning
Picture by NY Scanner A young man is dead and 14 other people are injured including several of them in critical condition after a massive fire destroyed apartments in a three-story building on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn, NYC early this morning. The fire broke out above the stores and destroyed…
An EMS crew prevented a major Carbon Monoxide accident in the Bronx, NYC
4 people suffering minor personal injuries were hospitalized and 10 other residents as well as a crew of firefighters responding to a sick person were evacuated from a Bronx Building in which Carbon Monoxide was building up. The firefighters were responding to a call for a cardiac arrest which turned…