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deadly Staten Island car accidentA devastating two-vehicle collision in Staten Island has left a family shattered and once again underscores how quickly a routine drive can turn fatal. As NYC car accident lawyers, cases like this are a painful reminder that serious crashes often result from ordinary traffic movements — and that the consequences are borne most heavily by innocent passengers and families.

The crash occurred last  Friday morning at the intersection of Forest Hill Road and Rockland Avenue in New Springville. A Honda SUV traveling south collided with an Audi Q5 making a left turn. Inside the Honda were 6-year-old Anheli Vasquez and 90-year-old Gerardo Avila, who was on his way to a chemotherapy appointment. Mr. Avila died shortly after the crash. Anheli remained hospitalized with catastrophic injuries and passed away Sunday morning, 48 hours later.

For Anheli’s mother, Marlene Trinidad, the loss is unimaginable. She never left her daughter’s bedside and described returning home without her “princess.” The child, a first-grader born in Staten Island, was remembered as loving, bilingual, and deeply connected to Mr. Avila and his wife, whom she considered her grandparents.

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to prevent car accidentsAs Brooklyn car accident lawyers, McGuinness Boulevard has long stood out as one of Greenpoint’s most dangerous corridors. Its history as a widened, high-speed thoroughfare has translated into decades of preventable crashes, severe pedestrian injuries, and fatal collisions. That is why Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s announcement to complete the full McGuinness Boulevard road diet matters—not just politically, but from a public-safety and legal accountability perspective.

The decision revives the original NYC DOT redesign initiated during the Bill de Blasio administration and scaled back under Eric Adams. By narrowing McGuinness to one travel lane in each direction between the Pulaski Bridge and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, and extending parking-protected bike lanes through the entire corridor, the city is finally addressing a roadway design that has put Greenpoint residents at risk for generations.

Why McGuinness Boulevard Has Been So Dangerous

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Location of the fatal hit and run accident in the LESA suspect has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian lawfully crossing the street in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. According to court filings and police statements, the victim had the walk signal when she was struck in the crosswalk at Stanton and Clinton Streets. The driver allegedly fled the scene, leaving the victim critically injured. She later died at Bellevue Hospital.

This case underscores a reality car accident attorneys in New York City confront far too often: hit-and-run crashes involving pedestrians are among the most devastating—and legally complex—traffic cases in the city.

Hit-and-Run Crashes Are Not “Accidents”

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Dooring occurs too often in NYCA fatal dooring crash in Ozone Park, Queens, has once again highlighted the serious and often overlooked dangers faced by cyclists, e-bike riders, and scooter riders on New York City streets. These incidents are not unavoidable accidents—they are frequently the result of a driver or passenger failing to exercise basic care when opening a vehicle door.

The Ozone Park Dooring Crash: A 10-Day Struggle for Survival

On the evening of November 18, 2025, Sahan Ahmed, a 24-year-old electric scooter rider, was traveling westbound on Liberty Avenue near 103rd Avenue in Ozone Park, Queens. As he passed a parked 2012 Kia Soul, the driver opened the driver’s-side door directly into his path.

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snowy day in new YorkA severe cold snap has gripped New York City and the Tri-State Area following recent snowfall, creating dangerous conditions for pedestrians, drivers, and workers throughout the region. With temperatures dropping into the single digits, extreme wind chills, and widespread black ice, the risk of serious personal injuries has increased significantly across New York.

In response to the extreme cold, New York City has activated Code Blue, highlighting the danger posed to vulnerable populations and underscoring the seriousness of the conditions. As New York personal injury attorneys, we routinely see an uptick in preventable accidents during periods of extreme winter weather—many caused by unsafe property conditions, untreated ice, and failure to follow basic safety obligations.

Hazardous Winter Conditions Across New York City

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location of the Bronx MTA Bus AccidentA frightening MTA bus crash unfolded in the Bronx today  (see video below) when a Bx6 bus lost control in the Longwood section of the borough, slamming into multiple vehicles over a five-block stretch before coming to a stop near Prospect Avenue. According to reports, the incident began near Cauldwell Avenue by the Forest Houses and continued through East 163rd Street, with panicked passengers on board as the bus struck at least one car and kept moving. The driver and six others were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries, and the cause of the loss of control remains under investigation.

MTA buses are a critical part of daily life in the Bronx, transporting millions of passengers through some of the most congested and complex roadways in New York City. When a bus accident occurs, however, the consequences can be devastating—leaving passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists with serious injuries and unanswered questions about accountability.

As MTA bus accident lawyers, our team has decades of experience representing victims injured in Bronx transportation accidents, including collisions involving city buses, commercial vehicles, sanitation trucks, and other government-owned vehicles operating on Bronx streets.

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Sharik Bryant Killed in a Bronx Hit and Run AccidentA tragic hit-and-run in the Bronx has once again raised pressing questions for families about their rights, available legal remedies, and how to pursue compensation when a reckless driver causes a fatal pedestrian crash and flees the scene.

Early Saturday morning, 27-year-old Shariq Bryant was struck and killed while crossing E. 222nd Street near Boston Road. Police say the driver of a 2025 BMW M8 was speeding down the block before hitting Mr. Bryant and crashing into a telephone pole. Instead of staying to help, the driver ran off, leaving behind an injured passenger and a shattered community.

Loved ones describe Mr. Bryant as optimistic, supportive, and someone who brought people together. He had returned to his old Bronx neighborhood to visit friends when his life was taken without warning.

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traffic-fatalities-in-nyc-by-year-and-by-category-2024On December 2, 2025, The New York Times published a compelling guest essay by neurosurgeon Dr. Jonathan Slotkin, titled “The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.” In it, he describes what he sees every day in trauma units: catastrophic injuries from motor vehicle crashes that no amount of surgical skill can reverse. His perspective is not theoretical or technological — it is medical, urgent, and grounded in human outcomes.

As New York car accident lawyers representing victims of severe crashes, the data and warnings he highlights are deeply relevant to the families we serve.

A Doctor’s View From the Trauma Bay

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location of the NYPD vehicle accident that injured two in TribecaA marked NYPD vehicle collided with a private bus in Tribeca early Saturday morning, setting off a chain-reaction crash that left two people injured and caused damage to the historic Walker Hotel Tribeca. According to police, the crash occurred around 5:50 a.m. when the police SUV, traveling southbound on Broadway, struck a white passenger bus at the intersection of Walker Street.

The force of the impact pushed the bus into a parked delivery truck and into the side of the Walker Hotel building, cracking part of its 19th-century façade. The 49-year-old truck driver and his 36-year-old passenger were transported to New York Downtown Hospital in stable condition. The bus driver was uninjured, and passengers left the scene before officers arrived. The NYPD officer driving the police SUV was also hospitalized in stable condition.

Witnesses described a sudden, violent collision. One employee at a nearby coffee shop reported hearing a police siren moments before the impact and feeling the building shake when the bus struck the hotel’s corner.

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intersection of Meserole and Leonard where the fatal bike accident occuredA 33-year-old Medford man has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run crash that killed cyclist Alexandra “Allie” Huggins, 32, in Williamsburg. This development brings long-awaited progress in a case that outraged Brooklyn’s cycling community and highlighted once again the devastating consequences of drivers fleeing crash scenes.

What Happened on the Night of the Crash

According to police, the collision occurred at about 2:30 a.m. on September 27 at the intersection of Meserole Street and Leonard Street.

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