Car Accidents

Oscar Reyes-Contereras, 37, of Levittown was killed after he was struck by a tractor trailer on the Long Island Expressway in Plainview, officials said.   Reyes-Contereras had been driving on the Long Island Expressway near exit 45 when he lost control of his vehicle. The 2007 Ford Mustang struck a guardrail, re-entered the roadway and

Mary Jo Myszelow, 76, died after being struck by a driver who was backing into a parking spot on the Upper East Side, officials said. The incident happened near Madison Avenue and 95th Street at 5:50 p.m.   When emergency responders arrived at the scene, they found the victim conscious with head injuries. She was

William Kear, 67, and his wife, Joanne, 66, were identified as the victims of a crash that involved an alleged drunk driver. Kyle Glinka, 23, has been charged with drunk driving after he was involved in a crash that killed the couple in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, police said.   The Kears were making a left

Ramon Ortiz, 55, of Bergen Beach, was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian after he struck and killed a 57-year-old man in Flushing, Queens, officials said.   The victim, whose identity has not been released, was crossing 35th Avenue in the crosswalk when he was hit by Ortiz’s Ford Suburban. The SUV was

One person was injured after a car went off the road and crashed into a house in the Bronx, officials said.   The residents of the house, Shirley Lucas, 23, and her 2-year-old daughter, were in their room when they heard the silver Dodge Charger slam into the exterior of their house on Bruckner Boulevard

Taxi driver John Bangura, 68, has been arrested in connection with the fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a woman outside the Stuyvesant Town housing complex. He has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in a death.   The victim, Kenya Flores, 44, of the Bronx, reportedly laid down in the

Christopher Costa, 36, was lying in the middle of the road on Madison Avenue and just south of East 115th Street at 9:52 p.m. when a gray SUV struck him and kept driving, police officers said.   It was not immediately clear why he was lying on the road, police said. His brother, Eddie Costa,

One person died and two others were seriously injured in a car accident in Elmhurst, Queens on Sunday night, police said.   The car was speeding on the Grand Central Parkway when the driver lost control of the car and hit the support beams of the 94th Street overpass.   The driver, Francisco Flores, 42,

A 55-year-old woman was fatally struck by a sanitation truck at a crosswalk, police said. The woman, whose name has not been released, was crossing First Avenue and 92nd Street when the truck driver made a left turn from 92nd Street.   She was found conscious and alert when emergency responders arrived. She was taken

A woman, who was identified as in her 20s, was injured after she was struck by a Toyota Avalon on Linden Boulevard and East 38th Street in Prospect Lefferts Garden, Brooklyn around 4:20 a.m., officials said.   “The driver was behind someone and went around the car and hit her hard,” a witness told reporters.