Hard hats working at 322 construction sites in NYC were at risk of getting injured or dying in construction accidents because their jobsite was not safe. These 322 sites including 113 in Brooklyn, 83 in Manhattan, 69 in Queens, 54 in the Bronx and 3 in Staten Island were issued…
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8 NYC pedestrians injured including 2 critically in two separate accidents involving cars jumping the curb
6 NYC pedestrians were injured after a car jumped the curb at high speed and hit them in the Bronx early Saturday morning. All pedestrians were members of the same family and had just exited Grant Park in the Bronx after a family gathering. They were standing on the sidewalk…
Car backing out of driveway critically hits child in the Bronx NYC
An 8 year old pedestrian was critically injured in a back-over accident in New York City yesterday. The boy was playing on the sidewalk of Webster Avenue near the intersection of Ittner Place when a car pulled out of an auto shop and hit him. The driver stayed at the…
Lyft driver fatally struck by unlicensed drunk driver
A reckless drunk driver struck a car, killing the driver and injuring the passenger yesterday in Queens NYC. 22 year old Erik Chimborazo was drunk behind the wheel when he hit 47 year old Mohammed Hossain, a Lyft driver who was driving the final passenger of his shift before returning…
Actress Lisa Banes succumbed to her injuries 10 days after scooter hit and run accident
10 days ago Lisa Banes was crossing the street when she was struck by a reckless scooter operator who ran a red light, hit her and just kept going. The impact was so intense that Banes was knocked out of the crosswalk. She suffered critical head injuries and was rushed…
16 people injured in a MTA bus crash in Brooklyn
16 people were injured in a MTA bus crash in Brooklyn, NYC last week. The B49 MTA bus crashed into a building located at the intersection of Lincoln Road and Bedford Avenue. The bus was stuck in the building for several days as the Department of Buildings found that the…
Electric Scooter being charged causes NYC fire that killed one and injured 11
An electric scooter being charged is the cause of a fire that ravaged a residential building in New York City, killing one and injuring 11. The fire started in the middle of the night, around 4;40 am on Wednesday inside an apartment on the third floor of a building located…
One dead and ten injured in NYC car crashes over the Memorial week-end
One pedestrian died and several other people were injured in multiple car accidents in New York City over the Memorial Day week end. One of the victims was Leonard Mitchell, a 70 year old resident of Brooklyn, NYC. Mitchell was steps away from his home when he was struck by…
Two people dead including a pedestrian and a e-scooter rider and two others injured in 3 NYC car accidents that occurred early morning on Monday
In less than 8 hours, 2 people were injured and 2 people died in car crashes in New York City. A pedestrian was killed and another one was seriously injured in a car accident early Monday morning The two men in their 40ies were crossing the street mid-block near Rockaway…
NYC Construction Accidents Prevention: Build Safe , Live Safe 2021 Digital Conference is this week
How to prevent injuries and deaths caused by construction accidents in New York City is the main subject of the yearly Build Safe, Live Safe Conference organized by the NYC Department of Buildings. The conference is digital for the second consecutive year because of the ongoing Covid19 restrictions in regards…