Car Accidents

The NYPD officer at the wheel of a police van that struck and killed a Brooklyn middle school teacher Saturday was seen talking on her cell phone during the accident. Officer Paula Medrano, who was assigned to the 88th Precinct, was making a left turn onto Broadway from Hooper Street at 4:30 p.m. Saturday when

Felix Coss, a Williamsburg resident was killed by a police van yesterday just blocks from his home. Police say that the 61-year-old was walking north across Broadway at Hooper Street around 4:30 p.m. when a marked police van traveling south on Hooper made a left turn onto Broadway, striking Coss. An NYPD spokesman confirmed that

The attorneys at Morgan Levine Dolan initiated four cases involving pedestrian death accidents involving cars.  Two cases have been filed against municipalities and the other two cases were filed against the drivers of the cars which caused the accidents. We filed a Notice of Claim against several entities including the Board of Education of the

A New York man was recently arrested on drunk driving charges after reportedly racing another driver down Second Avenue in the East Village of Manhattan just prior to careening into a storefront, resulting in injuries to a half dozen people. This isn’t the man’s first brush with the law. Reports indicate he has previously been

More than half a dozen people were injured, some of them seriously, after a car crashed into a bodega following a two-car accident in the East Village earlier this morning.  The cars crashed near Second Avenue and East Fourth Street around 7:30 a.m. The impact forced one of the vehicles off the road and it

A reckless driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in Brooklyn early yesterday before crashing his car into a tree was arrested today on manslaughter and DWI charges. Steven Calandrillo, 25, of Sheepshead Bay, was charged with manslaughter, attempted vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, imprudent speed, and driving while intoxicated. We have been handling several

A New York driver was recently charged in connection with a collision involving a car and a motorcycle. Two motorcycle riders died from their injuries at the scene. Police say that the accident occurred early in the morning on June 2 when the driver hit the motorcycle with two Long Island residents aboard. Following an

A New York City taxi driver livery driver allegedly suffered a heart attack or other medical condition while driving southbound on Prospect Avenue.  His livery vehicle jumped onto the sidewalk and struck a 17-year-old girl and her one-year-old infant son in a stroller.  The driver died at Lincoln Hospital. The mother and child are being

Police in Brooklyn are looking for a hit-and-run suspect who crashed into a front lawn, hitting a man and a woman.  The SUV went crashing through a fence on Hinsdale Street and Dumont Avenue in East New York. The driver ran away on foot, leaving the vehicle behind. The attorneys at Morgan Levine Dolan represent many

A driver fleeing police in Manhattan struck three people, injuring one seriously who was a bicyclist, before crashing into a store window and abandoning his vehicle this morning. The 25-year-old bicyclist was taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition and was in surgery after suffering multiple broken bones. We at Morgan Levine Dolan have made