Author name: Morgan Levine Dolan

Hit-and-Run Driver Struck, Killed Teen In Queens

A 17-year-old boy was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Northern Boulevard Tuesday evening, officials said.   Jaremello Ovidio of East Elmhurst was crossing the street at Junction Boulevard and Northern Boulevard when the driver of a black Toyota Camry struck him. The driver continued to drive west along Northern Boulevard, police said.

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NYPD Investigates Only 1 Percent Of Deadly Hit-and-Run Crashes This Year

A damning number was revealed last Wednesday. Of the 4,000 hit-and-run car accidents that resulted in injuries or deaths this year, only 44, or one percent, of the accidents has been investigated by the police, according to Inspector Dennis Fulton of the NYPD’s Transportation Bureau.   Of the 44 cases that the NYPD collision investigation

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Out-of-Control Car In Queens Leaves 1 Man Dead, Another Injured

One man died and his passenger was critically injured when their car sput out of control and slammed into a median in Queens on Sunday evening, officials said.   Jorge Bermudez, 30, was driving his silver car at Laurel Hill Boulevard and 49th Street under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Maspeth when he lost control of

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Swerving Car Kills 1 Woman, Injures 4 Pedestrians In Brooklyn

A female pedestrian was killed after she was struck by a car that swerved onto a Brooklyn curb on Sunday evening, officials said. Victoria Nicodemus, 30, of Brooklyn Heights, was mortally wounded from the car accident. Four other pedestrians, including Nicodemus’ boyfriend, were also injured.   Marlon Sewell, 39, of Brooklyn, was the driver of

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