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snoop Dog42 people were injured at a Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa concert last Fridat night in Camden NJ. The two artists were performing at the BB&T Pavillon when  a railing collapsed causing dozens of fans to fall several feet below onto the concrete (see video at the bottom). One person was critically injured and dozens of them were transported to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries such as bruises and broken bones.

Accidents at concerts and festivals are not very common however when they happen they are often catastrophic because they include a large number of people that are often intoxicated. It is the responsibility of the event organizers to make sure the venue is safe and that contingency plans are in place in case of complications.  Inadequate protection and planing can quickly lead to dramatic disasters during crowded concerts and festivals.

Here are some of the most terrifying concert accidents that happened in the past, the most deadly were due to fire accidents in venues where organizers neglected attendees safety:

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NYPD attitude toward NYC car accidents29 people died in car accidents in New York City last June bringing the total number of car accident fatalities in the city to 111 for the first sixth months of 2016. These numbers are higher than last year when 20 people were killed in NYC car accidents in June and a total of 107  vehicle accidents fatalities were recorded for the first semester. At the end of 2015 Mayor de Blasio was proud to announce that the number of  NYC fatal car accidents was at its lowest thanks to the many initiatives launched in the city under the Vision Zero program .

So what went wrong in 2016?  A report recently released by Transportation Alternative is pointing fingers at the NYPD and said they are getting Vision Zero data wrong. Transportation Alternatives conducted an in-depth analysis of the NYPD traffic enforcement practices and discovered that the NYPD hasn’t committed to use appropriate policing to deter the most deadly driving violations: failing to yield and speeding. Transportation Alternatives also found out that there are no clear plans in regards to participating in the Zero Vision program and that the allocations of resources is not based on street conditions.

In its report, Transportation Alternatives especially criticizes the attitude of the NYPD towards bicyclists. While 12 of the 14 fatal bicycle accidents that occurred this year were caused by negligent vehicle drivers, the police still continue emphasis on minor cyclists violations rather than going after reckless drivers endangering bicyclists. Transportation Alternatives recommends that initiatives like Bicycle Safe Passage be a norm rather than a temporary police blitz.

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left turn crashes study DOT NYCIn New York City, left turn accidents account for 19% of the crashes that kill or severely injure (KSI) pedestrians and bicyclists compared to 6% for right turns.

At most New York intersections drivers are permitted to tun left while pedestrians are in the crosswalk. While pedestrians have a false sense of security because they are in a crosswalk, left turn drivers often concentrate  on on coming traffic while turning and fail to look for pedestrians. Additionally because they can be taken at a wider angle, motorists tend to take left turns at a higher speed than right turns.

From 2010 to 2014, 108 pedestrians and bicyclists were killed by drivers turning left in New York City, that’s more than 20 people every year and almost two people every month.

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hospitalNew York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York and Mount Sinai Hospital, New York  placed on the list of the US News 2016-17 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, in respectively the 6th, 10th and 15th position.

Each hospital is evaluated on 16 adult medical specialties and 10 pediatric specialties.

The  New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell in New York, NY is globally ranked number 1 in New York and number 1 in New York Metro Area. It is ranked nationally number 2 in Rheumatology and number 3 in Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery as well as Cardiology and Heart Surgery.

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The police arrested the driver who killed two pedestrians in Brooklyn and then fled the scene of the accident (see previous blog) . The man was identified as 21 year old Efrin Lanfranco-Perez. The young man was speeding when he hit Delmer Maldonado and Israel Turcios who were crossing the street under the J train in Brooklyn, NYC. The impact was so violent that one of the men was thrown in the air and the other one thrown onto the sidewalk. Both were killed in the accident. After hitting the two men, Lanfranco-Perez got out of his car and fled the scene of the accident on foot. He later on turned himself into the police with his lawyer and said he left because he panicked.  He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident without reporting a serious physical injury or death and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. The lawyer said his license was suspended because he didn’t pay a ticket. He is being held on $30,000 bail (read more in the NY Daily News)

Hit and run accidents are occurring on a weekly basis in NYC. The NYPD are still looking for another driver who killed a pedestrian last week as he crossed a Queens service road. The police didn’t provide a description of the car but indicated the driver was form Maryland.

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Anton YelchinA defective car killed Anton Yelchin and his parents are suing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, manufacturer ZF North America and car dealership chain AutoNation for the wrongful death of their son. 29 year old Anton Yelchin, a “Star Trek” actor was killed last June in front of his house. The actor had just exited his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Because of a defect in the design of the electronic gear shift position indicator, Yelchin thought his car was in “Park” position but it wasn’t. Therefore the parking break wasn’t engaged. The vehicle started to move toward him rolling backward and  fatally crushed him against the security gate.

The car maker was aware of the design defect and in April it had recalled more that 1.1. million Jeep Grand Cherokees after receiving 41 reports of injuries related to the gear shift. According to Yelchin’s parents, a recall notice was received in the mail seven days after the death of their son. The parents said that it was too little too late.

See our previous blog for more info about the recall and read more about Anton Yelchin parents’ lawsuit in US Magazine

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Pollack and DumasCould a child be better protected from potential injury and abuse if the CPS investigator was not randomly assigned to his or her case but specialized in that specific type of case? In a recent article, Daniel Pollack, a professor at Yeshiva University’s School of Social Work in New York City and Gilion Dumas, a practicing attorney in Oregon focusing on cases involving child sexual abuse explain why instead of randomly assigning cases to CPS investigators children may be better protected if a specialized investigator is assigned to their case.

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accident locationA 22 year old man was severely injured in a car accident in New York City. The young man was struck by a car at the intersection of Dry Harbor Road and Woodhaven Blvd in Queens (see Gooogle map picture) last Friday morning around 4:4o am. The driver who hit him never stopped and the police are still looking for him. As the victim was lying on the ground in the middle of the road, a second driver didn’t see him immediately and struck him a second time. He then dragged him under his car for a block until he realized what happened and stopped. The driver stayed at the scene of the accident and wasn’t charged. The young man was transported to the hospital in critical condition. He survived the accident and according to the NY Daily News he is now in stable condition.

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Surgery at HospitalNew York hospitals are among the worst in the country according to a new analysis by the Empire Center based on ratings just released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  Patients looking for a hospital can now go to the Medicare.gov website and compare the quality of care of hospitals in the country. The overall  rating goes from 1 star (worst score) to 5 stars (best score) and is based on 64 measures of quality.

Out of a total of 180 hospitals, only one hospital in New York State had a 5 stars ranking: the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. 12 hospitals scored 4 stars, among them only two of them were located in the New York City: The New York Presbyterian Hospital and the NYU Hospitals Center. 49 of them obtained a 3 stars rating. In NYC hospitals obtaining this score were the Lenox Hill Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital and New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc. 58 hospitals in New York State rated two stars. Among them those located in the city were Beth Israel Medical Center, Lutheran Medical Center, Mamonides Medical Center, Metropolitan Hospital Center, Montefiore Medical Center, New York Presbyterian/Queens, North Central Bronx Hospital, St Barnabas Hospital, St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital and Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center. 35 New York hospitals only got 1 star. More than half of them are located in New York City and include Bellevue Hospital Center, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus, Coney Island Hospital, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Harlem Hospital Center, Interfaith Medical Center, Jacobi Medical Center, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Kings County Hospital Center, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, New York Methodist Hospital, Queens Hospital Center, Richmond University Medical Center, St John’s Episcopal Hospital at South Shore, Staten Island University Hospital, University Hospital of Brooklyn (Downstate), Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.

The average star rating for New York State is 2.26 that’s just before Puerto Rico with 2.00, the Virgin Islands and Guam with 2.00 as well and the District of Columbia that comes last of all of the states with an average score of 1.43.

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Fulton and Chestnut2 pedestrians were killed in a car accident in New York City last night. The driver who struck them is still at large. A little bit after midnight last night 41 year old Delman Maldonado and 56 year old Isreal Turcios were crossing the street at the intersection of Fulton Street and Chestnut Street in Cypress Hills Brooklyn (see Google map picture on the left). As they were crossing a speeding driver lost control of his vehicle, slammed into two parked cars and struck the two friends. The driver took off running leaving the two men dying in the street. Delman Maldonado, a father of one, died at the scene of the accident, Isreal Turcios, a father of three, was transported to the hospital but didn’t survive. The two of them were friends living in the neighborhood. They had just left a bar owned by Turcios’ brother and were going back home when the fatal accident happened.

 

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