Car Accidents

Jazmine Marin, 13, was killed and another girl, whose identity has not been released, was injured after they were struck by a car while walking to school in Ozone Park, Queens, officials said. The accident occurred at Cross Bay Boulevard near 149th Avenue around 7 a.m.   The driver, a 55-year-old man in a green

Melodee Gabler, 61, of Long Beach, has died from her injuries after she was involved in a car crash on Staten Island, officials said.   A 61-year-old female driver of a 2016 Hyundai Tuscon was heading westbound on Westcott Boulevard and Crowell Avenue when she struck a 2013 Honda Civic, driven by Gabler.   The

A 35-year-old male cyclist was critically injured after he was struck by a dump truck driver in downtown Brooklyn, officials said. The accident happened at Jay and Tillary streets around 7 a.m. on Tuesday.   The victim was taken to Methodist Hospital with head and leg trauma. He is likely to survive, officials said.  

Pjerin Gjerji, 48, of Yorktown Heights, was arrested and charged with failing to yield and exercise due caution in the car accident that killed Blanca Pagan, 73, of the Upper East Side, officials said.   Pagan was attempting to cross the street at East 89th Street and York Avenue when Gjerji made a right-turn and

Robert Schartner, 21, of Fishkill, was fatally struck by a drunk driver at the intersection of Westchester Avenue and Anderson Hill Road in White Plains, officials said. Schartner was a dedicated lacrosse player at Manhattanville College, police and relatives said.   Schartner was walking back to school at 5 a.m. when he was struck by

A man was critically injured after he was run over by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn, officials said.   The victim, whose name has not been released, was attempting to cross Fourth Avenue near Atlantic Avenue when a car struck him, officials said. The car that struck him did not stop, police said.   The

A 48-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released, was critically injured after a car struck him while he was crossing the street in Brooklyn, officials said.   The victim was attempting to cross the street at Atlantic and Norwood avenues in Cypress Hills when he was struck by a red Honda sedan.   He

A man was fatally struck when he attempted to cross the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens officials said.   The 67-year-old, whose name has not been released, was attempting to cross the highway from the northbound side near the Atlantic Avenue side when he was struck by a Chrysler Pacifica SUV, officials said.   The

David Pajarito-Mendez, 38, of Brighton Beach, was fatally struck by a hit-and run van in Morrisania, Bronx on Monday evening, officials said. The accident happened near East 162nd Street and Courtlandt Avenue.   According to surveillance footage, Pajarito-Mendez wobbled onto the street and laid there for about 45 seconds until a sedan struck him. A

A teenage girl was injured after a car struck her in Borough Park, Brooklyn, officials said. The accident occurred at 13th Avenue and 45th Street.   Emergency responders found the girl pinned underneath the vehicle. She was taken to a local hospital by Hatzolah ambulance. The girl’s condition is not known, according to reports.