The reckless driver of a BMW who killed a mother and severely injured her daughter in a car accident in New York City and ran away has been arrested by the police. Last Sunday 58 year old Jairam Budhu was driving his BMW with a suspended license at twice the authorized speed…
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Mother killed and daughter badly injured in NYC car accident
A mother died and her daughter was seriously injured in a car accident in New York City yesterday. The 41-year-old woman was riding in a car driven by her husband. She and Her 9-year-old daughter were sitting in the backseat. A 71-year-old man was riding in the car with them…
Unjustified police chase results in one death and one injured in Queens, NYC
A driver died and a pedestrian was injured in a NYC car accident involving a cell phone thief who was involved in a high-speed chase by the police. After allegedly steeling a cell phone at the Queens Village Auto Body shop on Hempstead Avenue, 51 year old Derrick Perkins fled in his BMW.…
Elderly New York pedestrian dies two months after being struck by a car
A 76-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a car two months ago in Queens, NYC, died from her injuries. Maria Damaco was crossing the intersection of Fresh Pond Road and Myrtle Ave Avenue when she was hit by car making a left turn. The car driver, a 36-year-old woman, stayed at…
NYC reckless driver kills pedestrian and injures a bicyclist and two other drivers
A pedestrian died, a bicyclist was critically injured and two drivers suffered personal injury in a car accident in New York City. The accident occurred last Thursday in Queens. 56 year old Irene Lee was driving her Porsche on Horace Harding Expressway service road near the Intersection of Junction Boulevard. She lost control…
A women died and a man suffered personal injury in a NYC car accident
A woman died and her husband was injured in a car accident in New York City on Sunday. 86 year old Andrew Huang was driving his car with Amy Huang, his 83 year old wife on 34th Ave near 91st Street in Elmhurst, Queens. All of a sudden the car…
NYC Pedestrian killed by hit and run driver
A pedestrian died in NYC after being struck by a car that drove over him and didn’t stop. Sunday morning around 2:30 am, 43 year old Doodnach Lalcahn started to cross the intersection of 115th Ave and 131st Street in Ozone Park Queens, NYC, when he fell on the ground. A video surveillance…
New York City DOT rejected request for stoplight at site of recent fatal car accident in Queens
Last week a pedestrian died in a hit an run accident at the intersection of 21st Street and 3oth Road in Astoria, Queens, NYC. We pointed out in a recent blog related to this accident that the intersection was very dangerous and had no crosswalk. An article in DNA now indicates…
Fatal Motorcycle Accident in Queens, NYC
A motorcyclist died after he apparently crashed his bike into a tree in Bay Side, Queens, NYC. According to the the NY Daily News the motorcyclist was found dead on a path in Little Bay Park by a passing bicyclist. His dirt bike landed several feet away on some rocks near the water. The…
Driver charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian after killing a man while making a left turn in the 109th Precinct in Queens, NYC
Another pedestrian was killed in a car accident in NYC in the 109th precinct. According to Streetblog, this is the third pedestrian to die in this precinct since the beginning of the year. The accident happened Tuesday morning at the crossing of Prince Street and 35th Ave in Flushing, Queens. A 57…