A 58-year-old steamfitter working at an upstate New York wastewater treatment plant was killed by an accidental explosion, according to police and the man’s family. His on-the-job injuries were sustained during a fiery blast that occurred while he and another worker were welding a pipe inside a storage tank. The steamfitter suffered third-degree burns over […]
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A car careened onto a sidewalk earlier this week, hitting and killing a pedestrian in the Whitestone section of Queens. The victim, Michael Munoz, was struck on the Whitestone Expressway Service Road and 20th Avenue at around 2:15 p.m. while selling water. The 78-year-old driver was in a black Toyota Camry when investigators say for
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New York drivers may be interested to hear that a New Jersey man was taken into police custody after he allegedly drove down a one-way street before causing an accident and leaving the scene. According to the report, the 39-year-old man drove down the street in the wrong direction and collided with a Honda driven
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The SUV driver who plowed into five teenagers on a Queens sidewalk yesterday morning has not been charged with any crime nor issued any summonses. The crash in Queens resulted in very serious injuries: The teens survived the crash with various injuries–it appears Ashley Khan, 13, got the worst of it. DNAinfo reports that Khan suffered a compound fracture
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Nearly three months after a 10-year-old Hempstead Village girl coming out of a dance recital was fatally struck by a car, community leaders and parents are demanding a traffic light and stricter enforcement in the area to avoid another death. More than 40 New York Communities for Change and Workplace Project members, residents and young
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A swing at a newly renovated South Slope playground was removed earlier this week after at least two children fractured their ankles on the equipment. The Parks Department took down a big green swing near the entrance to Slope Park on Sixth Avenue and 18th Street. “It’s a brand new playground and this shouldn’t happen,”
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In New York, a Brooklyn bus collided with a car in a crash that hurt more than three dozen people. All told, 41 people were injured in the car accident, including occupants of the bus and the car. Authorities stated that the injuries were not life-threatening. Of the victims taken to local hospitals, 12 were
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Dozens of people were injured when a vehicle being chased by police collided with an MTA bus in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn earlier this evening. The FDNY says 43 people were hurt, including the driver and the passenger of the car, who had to be extricated. The attorneys at Morgan Levine Dolan represent many
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Eugene O’Donnell, 53, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. was riding his motorcycle south on 39th Street when he was struck by a Jeep Liberty traveling northbound near Queens Boulevard at around 3 p.m. yesterday. The driver of the Jeep was cited for failing to yield the right of way. This is just another example of
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A 71-year-old woman died and two other women were injured as the result of a car accident that occurred in New York on Aug. 31 around 4 p.m. The collision occurred in Brookhaven when a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu ran into a 2011 Chrysler 300 that was attempting to make a turn from near Horseblock Road
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