Car Accidents

A woman, who has not been identified, was seriously injured after a car jumped a curb and pinned her against a light pole on Second Avenue and East 49th Street at 4:30 p.m., according to reports.   A silver Mercedes was driving southbound along Second Avenue when the driver was cut off by another car

According to a report released by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, New York City has shelled out almost $138 million in settlements for pedestrian injuries and vehicle damage over the past six years. The culprit: potholes and other road defects around the city.   From July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2015, the comptroller’s

With New York being as busy as it is, there are a large number of vehicles of various kinds on the road. One vehicle that is frequently seen throughout the day is a school bus transporting children. These vehicles are unavoidable throughout the city. With that is a possibility of accidents. Studies into the frequency

Alejandro Moran-Marin, 35, was the bicyclist identified in the fatal car accident on Flatbush and Fourth Avenues, near Barclays Center, on Monday.   An out-of-control car hit Moran-Marin on his bicycle head on and launched him into the air, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.   Authorities believe that the driver of

A bicyclist and six others were injured in a car accident that involved two cars at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn on Monday morning, according to reports.   A 37-year-old man driving a Honda Pilot was heading northbound on Fourth Avenue when his car lost control and collided with a

A West Islip woman was killed in a head-on collision with a truck at the intersection of Higbie Lane and Union Boulevard in West Islip, Long Island, on Tuesday morning, according to police.   Julia Schweers, 19, a graduate of St. John the Baptist High School, was fatally injured when her 2011 Toyota Camry collided

A mother and her young daughter were killed, and at least four others were injured, after a two-car crash in Queens last week.   Susana Ha, 42, and her daughter, Angelica Ung, 10, were killed in a collision between their 2005 Toyota Camry and a white 2006 Ford Explorer on 210th Street in Bayside around

Marcia Arthurs, 51, was struck and killed by an out-of-control car at Pennsylvania Avenue and Cozine Avenue in East New York on Wednesday, according to reports.   The driver, a 29-year-old woman who has not been identified by name, was heading southbound on Pennsylvania Avenue in her Toyota sedan when she lost control of the

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

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,