Car Accidents

Francis Perez, 28, was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, officials said. Perez was crossing Avenue V when he was struck by the car traveling west on the street.   Emergency responders found Perez lying unresponsive in the street. He was taken to Coney Island Hospital with severe head trauma. He […]

A cyclist in his 30s was critically injured after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Midtown, officials said. The victim was riding along Eighth Avenue when a large truck collided into him on West 40th Street.   The victim, whose identity was not released, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition with

A cyclist was riding along Fulton Street and Tompkins Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, when an SUV struck him, officials said.   The victim, a 43-year-old Brooklyn man, was found unconscious and unresponsive by emergency responders at the scene. He was transported to Kings County Hospital with severe head trauma. He was listed in critical condition,

According to the Mayor’s 2016 Management Report, cyclist deaths have risen by 25 percent in a twelve month period ending from July 2015 to June 2016.   Twenty cyclists were killed from traffic crashes compared to 16 deaths in the same period in 2015. However, overall traffic fatalities fell 5.2 percent to 236 deaths from

An out-of-control Mercedes-Benz driver injured five highway repair workers in a car crash on the Cross Island Parkway near the Douglaston Parkway, officials said.   The driver crashed into highway repair scaffolding and struck the back of a Tully Construction box.   The driver abandoned the car and fled the scene. The driver left two

An NYPD traffic agent was injured after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Midtown Manhattan, officials said. The accident occurred at East 37th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue.   The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries. Officials said the traffic agent was in stable condition.   Police are still

A woman was killed and another man was seriously hurt when an unoccupied van rolled backward and struck them on a sidewalk at Broadway and 32nd Street in Astoria, Queens, police said.   An 80-year-old woman was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition. She was later pronounced dead. A 71-year-old man was also taken

Desray Leroy, 23, was killed in a Queens car crash after she and six people piled into a five-passenger car and struck another vehicle at Linden Boulevard in South Ozone Park, officials said.   Leroy and her friends were returning home after a surprise birthday party for her sister, Stephanie, 21.   The victim had

Three people were killed and at least 11 others were injured after a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway, officials said. Six vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction car crash in Maspeth, Queens.   Driver Michael Fabre, 25, of Queens, was driving with his passengers, Giovanny Sanchez, 24, of Brentwood, L.I. and Christina Formato,

A 12-year-old boy was critically injured after he got struck by a car while riding his bicycle in Borough Park, officials said. The incident happened at Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road.   The boy was taken to Maimonides Medical Center where he was in critical condition.   The driver, whose identity was not immediately released,