Month: December 2013

NYPD Traffic Agent, Kalyanarat Ranasinghe, Fatally Struck at 44th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenue

An elderly NYPD traffic officer was struck and killed Saturday in a Manhattan retail area during one of the busiest shopping days of the year. The officer, Kalyanarat Ranasinghe, 71, was standing in the parking lane on 44th Street near Fifth Avenue, when a 2013 Freightliner Vacuum truck pulling out of a parking spot hit …

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Jeffrey Szatkowski and Nicole Surace Dead After Single-Car Crash off an East Brunswick Road in New Jersey

A high school athlete and his cheerleader girlfriend died after a single-car wreck in New Jersey on Saturday.   Jeffrey Szatkowski, 17, was driving a 2004 Mustang with his sweetheart, 18-year-old Nicole Surace, sitting in the passenger seat when he suddenly lost control of the car and drove off an East Brunswick road.  The sports …

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Metro-North Train Derails at Spuyten Duyvil Station in the Bronx, Killing 4

Metro-North said the 5:54 a.m. train from Poughkeepsie, which was due in to Grand Central Terminal at 7:43 a.m., derailed at about 7:20 a.m.  The Metro-North train derailed Sunday morning at Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx, the New York Fire Department said. This is the second accident involving a Metro-North train in the last year. …

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