Car Accidents

Driver Ozcan Ayyidiz, 49, of Mastic Beach, and Kevin Melger, 23, of Brentwood, were killed when their car was driving in the wrong direction on Sunrise Highway in Brookhaven, Long Island, officials said. Another passenger, Jonathan Valladeres, 25, who was Melger’s cousin, was in critical condition.   Their white 2004 Infinit sedan was traveling eastbound […]

Two people suffered minor injuries after a yellow cab jumped the curb of an Upper East Side sidewalk, officials said. The incident happened at York Avenue and East 79th Street.   Two people were taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The attorneys at Morgan Levine Dolan have recovered millions of dollars for those

Carlos Coyt-Orozco, of Port Chester, was killed after he was struck by a tractor trailer on the Insterstate 95, officials said.   Coyt-Orozco had pulled over his vehicle to the right shoulder of the highway because he had run out of gas. He and his passenger, David Espinoza, of Portchester, attempted to push the vehicle,

James Sager, 57, of Babylon, was killed in a four-vehicle crash on Flanders Road, officials said. Police said that a possible medical issue may have been the cause of the accident.   Sager was traveling westbound when he veered into the eastbound lane and struck three vehicles, police said. He was pronounced dead at the

Two injured people were treated after a three-vehicle crash on Flanders Road, officials said. The accident occurred on Flanders Road near White Brook Drive, officials said.   David Williams, 58, of Flanders was driving his 2014 Nissan Sentra when he collided head-on with a 2013 Toyota Tacoma driven by Christian Ortiz, 32, of Hampton Bays,

Brandee Griffin, 33, was killed after her car crashed in Freeport, Long Island, officials said. Driver William Billups, 45, of Hempstead, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, third-degree assault and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle.   Griffin was a passenger in the 2001 Buick when the car struck a 2012 Mercedes Benz on

Two people were injured after a multi-vehicle accident in Farmingdale, Long Island, officials said. The extent of the injuries was not known at the time.   Four vehicles, including a fuel truck, were involved in the crash. The fuel truck overturned and spilled oil onto the road, police said.   Roads were closed off at

Two pedestrians were hurt after a car jumped a curb on the Upper West Side, officials said. A 63-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man were struck on the sidewalk at West 96th Street by a Toyota Rav5.   The woman was found unconscious at the scene. She was taken to Mount Sinai-St. Luke’s Hospital with

A bicyclist is seriously injured after he veered into the path of a city bus while trying to avoid an open car door in Brooklyn, officials said.   The accident happened at Broadway and Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg around 3:20 p.m. A driver in a parked car opened the door in front of the bicyclist

Janis Hewitt, 63, of Montauk, was killed after her car was struck by a gas truck near a transfer station, police said.   The truck’s driver, David Kelleher, 42, of Mastic, was driving westbound on Route 27 when Hewitt’s 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser, crossed into the westbound lane from the eastbound lane and collided with