Car Accidents

A 69-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car as she crossed a street in Brooklyn Sunday night. Ethel Rubenstein was pronounced dead at the hospital after she was hit by a minivan on 11th Avenue near 49th Street in Borough Park shortly before 11 p.m. We have handled many pedestrian killings of New […]

Two people were seriously injured in an Edgemere crash Wednesday that involved an NYPD squad car. The two vehicles, a black sedan and a police car, smashed into each other near Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 41st Street about 6:30 p.m. When a car accident happens with an emergency or police vehicle, there are specials laws which

A portion of the New Jersey Turnpike closed northbound between exits 7 and 7A due to a multi-vehicle accident. The accident involved a bus, a dump truck and at least two other vehicles. It happened at 9:30 a.m. Thursday several miles north of Exit 7 at mile marker 57.7 in Hamilton Township, Mercer County. Being involved

Police are investigating a two-car crash that killed three people, including the 15 year-old driver, Mohammad Zia and Ali Behzad on Route 27 in Edison early Tuesday.  The accident happened near the Stony Road intersection at 12:32 a.m. The driver of a 1995 Honda Civic, identified as a 15-year-old Edison boy, was pronounced dead at the scene at

A reportedly drunk driver struck and killed a little boy on Friday night in Queens. Jaied Figueroa, 3, was crossing Junction Boulevard with his mother near Northern Boulevard at around 9:50 p.m. That’s when Gilbert Echeverria, 35, headed north on Junction Boulevard, in a white 2011 Acura MDX, mowed the little boy down. We have

Four people were seriously hurt earlier this morning in a car crash on the FDR. This motor vehicle accident happened near East 23rd Street about 5:11 a.m. Rush hour traffic was backed-up for hours. The four people were rushed to Bellevue Hospital where they were listed in serious but stable condition and the police are investigating the cause

A 15 year-old girl died and a 12 year-old girl is in critical condition after being hit by an out-of-control vehicle during a church street fair at the Roman Catholic Church St. Paul the Apostle in Yonkers Friday night. The girls, along with two other teenagers, were hurt when they were struck by a Jeep at Coyne Park

Police say Jose Torres was hit at Southern Boulevard and East 181st Street just before noon.  Neighbors say that tow trucks were racing down the block prior to the accident and may have run a red light.  The 57-year-old man is dead after being struck by a tow truck while trying to cross the street.  The

A mother and her two young daughters were hit by a car while crossing the street in Freeport Wednesday night. Police say a Nissan Maxima was approaching the intersection of Lena Avenue and North Main in Freeport when it struck the three victims. Police say the driver wasn’t able to stop in time. According to

The 57-year-old victim, identified as John Monteverde of Whitestone, Queens, was apparently struck while the car was attempting to make a turn, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash happened in the area of North Avenue and Vivian Terrace in Union Township around 5:15 a.m. The driver of vehicle was arrested and charged