Car Accidents

A 3-year-old was killed after being struck at an intersection in Queens.  The incident occurred last night at the intersection of Cherry Avenue and Main Street in Flushing, Queens. According to police, Allison Liao was crossing Main Street by Cherry Avenue with her grandmother when a Nissan that was trying to make a left turn

In 2012, a student from Siena College allegedly caused an accident that killed two high school students and injured two others. On Sept. 27, that student pleaded guilty to 52 felonies and 6 misdemeanors and may be sentenced to a prison term of five to 15 years. It has been reported that the driver was

An off-duty NYPD cop, Joseph McClean, who had been drinking has been arrested after he struck and killed a 51-year-old man, William Hemphill, in Staten Island earlier today.  The crash occurred on Richmond Terrace near Simonson Avenue in Mariners Harbor at 6:18 a.m. Police said the 29-year-old officer was driving east on Richmond Terrace when he hit

Police say 21-year-old Genielle Laboriel was skateboarding in a bike lane along Melrose Avenue when the bus went to make a right turn and pinned her under its wheels at 160th Street. The police are still investigating this accident, however criminal charges are not likely given the failure of police to charge drivers with any

A car careened onto a sidewalk earlier this week, hitting and killing a pedestrian in the Whitestone section of Queens.   The victim, Michael Munoz, was struck on the Whitestone Expressway Service Road and 20th Avenue at around 2:15 p.m. while selling water. The 78-year-old driver was in a black Toyota Camry when investigators say for

New York drivers may be interested to hear that a New Jersey man was taken into police custody after he allegedly drove down a one-way street before causing an accident and leaving the scene. According to the report, the 39-year-old man drove down the street in the wrong direction and collided with a Honda driven

The SUV driver who plowed into five teenagers on a Queens sidewalk yesterday morning has not been charged with any crime nor issued any summonses.  The crash in Queens resulted in very serious injuries:  The teens survived the crash with various injuries–it appears Ashley Khan, 13, got the worst of it. DNAinfo reports that Khan suffered a compound fracture

Nearly three months after a 10-year-old Hempstead Village girl coming out of a dance recital was fatally struck by a car, community leaders and parents are demanding a traffic light and stricter enforcement in the area to avoid another death. More than 40 New York Communities for Change and Workplace Project members, residents and young

In New York, a Brooklyn bus collided with a car in a crash that hurt more than three dozen people. All told, 41 people were injured in the car accident, including occupants of the bus and the car. Authorities stated that the injuries were not life-threatening. Of the victims taken to local hospitals, 12 were

Dozens of people were injured when a vehicle being chased by police collided with an MTA bus in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn earlier this evening. The FDNY says 43 people were hurt, including the driver and the passenger of the car, who had to be extricated. The attorneys at Morgan Levine Dolan represent many