Alonso Mendez, 36, of Garden City, was arrested for drunk driving with his two-year-old son in the car, after he was involved in a minor car accident on Hempstead Turnpike and Front Street on Sunday evening. When police pulled over Mendez and the other vehicle involved in the crash, they found Mendez with bloodshot
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A four-car crash left one man dead and several other people injured on Sunday morning in the Marble Hill section of Manhattan, according to reports. The driver of a 2015 Volkswagen sedan, William Hay, 54, of the Bronx, tried to squeeze between two cars, a Chrysler sedan Nissan sedan stopped at a red light,
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Cars are a wonderful invention. They add comfort and convenience to a world of activities from going to the store and running other errands, to going on a cross-country road trip. But while using a car can be a great convenience, it is also one of the most dangerous activities a New Yorker will do
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When people are injured in a car accident caused by another driver’s negligence, New York law provides that the injured may seek compensation for their damages through a personal injury lawsuit. These damages can include relatively concrete financial losses, such as medical expenses or wages that were lost while the injured person was unable to
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A man was driving his car home from his niece’s graduation party, when he lost control of his car and crashed into a home in Queens on Sunday morning, authorities said. Louis Benjamin, 39, suddenly lost control of his 2001 Acura sedan on Elmont Road in North Valley Stream, ran through a fence and
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A father and his young son were killed when their car crashed into St. Charles Cemetery in East Farmingdale, Long Island around 4 p.m. on Saturday, authorities said. Ravi Maharaj, 44, of North Amityville, and his son, Lochan Maharaj, 11, were driving their 1995 Nissan Maxima on New Highway when the man lost control
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All New Yorkers should be safe when they go to work. They should not have to wonder if they will make it home at the end of the day. But some jobs have inherent risks. Construction workers, in particular, have more on-the-job risks than the typical New Yorker. They have to work around large tools
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A New Jersey Transit bus and a school’s charter bus collided with each other in the Lincoln Tunnel on Wednesday around 9:35 a.m. 31 people were injured in the accident, but none suffered life-threatening injuries. The NJ Transit bus was traveling from Cresskill to Port Authority Bus Terminal when it rear-ended the private bus
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When New Yorkers get hurt on the job, many can seek workers’ compensation to address the financial consequences of the harm. But receiving that compensation is not as easy as snapping one’s fingers and having the money magically transferred to their bank account; it takes the successful navigation of the workers’ compensation process, which, as
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A car smashed into a fast food restaurant in the Bronx in a hit-and-run accident on Thursday evening, killing a 7-year-old boy, and injuring a 5-year-old girl and a 34-year-old man, according to reports. Three customers, a father and his two children, were sitting at a booth next to the window when a car
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