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A 63-year-old pedestrian was killed in the Bronx yesterday.  Sookja Kim was struck and killed in a car accident on Mosholu Parkway in the Bronx. She was struck by a 22-year-old man who was driving near Bainbridge Avenue.  The pedestrian was pronounced dead on arrival at Saint Barnabus Hospital. This has become an almost daily occurrence […]

A school bus and taxi cab were involved in a serious car accident on the Grand Central Parkway in Astoria, Queens early this morning.  Injuries have been reported and the police are investigating. Many car accidents in New York City involve taxi cabs.  This is due to the fact there are many taxis on the

A young 18-year-old sanitation worker was killed this afternoon in an accident involving a sanitation truck.  The worker, Bronx resident Luis Camarillo, had his torse crushed by the rear portion of the truck near Plymouth Street. There are special rules and exceptions which sanitation workers have when injured or killed on the job. The attorneys

Changes to the way New York police respond to serious car accidents could help accident victims hold reckless drivers accountable for their actions as well as help city leaders build safer roads. In the past, police in New York City have only investigated car accidents in which at least one person died or was likely

Another woman in her 60s was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer truck earlier this morning.  This current pedestrian accident happened on Hamilton Avenue in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn. The woman was struck by the truck and caught under the wheel according to first responders. As mentioned in our previous blogs, there have

The NYPD is investigating yet another car accident where the pedestrian was struck and killed in the Bronx earlier today.  The man was found unconscious at the intersection of Taylor Avenue and Soundview Avenue in the Bronx.  He was 75. This has become an almost daily occurrence in New York City.  Everyday there is a

A 16-year-old boy was killed and four college students and one other person were injured when a minivan jumped a curb and slammed into them near LaGuardia Community College earlier this morning. Tenzin Drudak, a high school student, was killed in this pedestrian accident with the van.  The van was apparently speeding to make it through

A 22 year-old man was killed as he crossed within the marked pedestrian crosswalk on the West Side Highway at 23rd Street earlier this morning.  The driver of the car left the scene of the accident without identifying themselve.   This is a second hit and run death car accident in the last week in