Month: August 2016

Two pedestrians were fatally struck after a hit-and-run driver struck them in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, officials said. Delman Maldonado, 41, and Israel Turcios, 56, were crossing Fulton Street near Chestnut Street when the driver slammed into them.   Maldonado was pronounced dead at the scene while Turcios was transported to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition. …

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Yennifer Blanco-Liz, 23, of Brooklyn, was killed after a motorcycle crashed in the Lincoln Tunnel, officials said. Blanco-Liz was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by a 35-year-old man from Hyde Park.   The motorcycle driver crashed into a wall as he was exiting the tunnel into New Jersey, police said.   Both the driver …

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Three people were injured in a car crash involving an NYPD squad car that had its red lights and sirens running, officials said.   Two officers were driving southbound on Graham Avenue in response to a call for help. They passed through the intersection at Maujer Street when a westbound Nissan sedan T-boned their car, …

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A woman was critically injured after an alleged drunk driver crashed into her car in Co-op City, Bronx, police said.   Cory Jordan, 35, was driving along Baychester Avenue when he rear-ended a car going in the same direction, officials said.   The driver in the other vehicle, a 31-year-old woman, whose name has not …

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Three people were hurt after a car crashed into a Long Island home on College Road in Selden, Long Island.   The driver, whose identity has not been released, was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.   There was an elderly man and woman sleeping on the second floor. Both were …

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A 28-year-old cyclist, whose name has not been released, was critically injured after a collision with a car at Sixth Avenue and 22nd Street in the South Slope, Brooklyn, police said.   Witnesses said the cyclist was not wearing a helmet. The victim was brought to Methodist Hospital, where he is in critical, but stable …

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Five people were injured after a cab crashed into a minivan in the Bronx, officials said. The accident happened on Jerome Avenue near West 172nd Street in Mount Eden.   The cab T-boned the minivan which sent the minivan coursing into a tree and onto the sidewalk.   Five people, who were not immediately identified, …

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A 38-year-old man is in critical condition after the driver of a pickup truck struck him in a supermarket parking lot in the Bronx, officials said.   According to surveillance footage, a red Ford F-150 sideswipes a stopped white van, strikes the van’s owner who is standing next to the vehicle and tears off the …

Hit-And-Run Driver Slams Into Man In Bronx Parking Lot Read More »

A man, whose identity has not been released, was killed after he crashed his car into a 2013 Buick Century on the Willis Avenue Bridge in Harlem, officials said.   The victim was driving a 2009 Mitsubishi Galant from the Bronx to Harlem when he entered onto the wrong side of the highway. He collided …

Man Dies From Head-On Car Crash In Harlem Read More »