Car Accidents

A 67-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured when he swerved to avoid striking a pedestrian in Central Park, officials said. The cyclist, whose name was not released, was riding his bike northbound along East Drive near 102nd Street when the pedestrian stepped into a crosswalk.   He slammed on his brakes and swerved although the […]

The driver of an out-of-control car was seriously injured on Thursday after the car crashed into the back of a box truck in Brooklyn, according to reports.   A worker who was making deliveries from the truck and the truck’s driver stepped onto the sidewalk on Louisiana Avenue in East New York when the car

Jahdiel Cabrera, 5, was identified as the boy who was struck by a speeding driver with a suspended license in the Bronx.   He was was moved out of the intensive care unit and was being treated at the New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, his father, Anelkys Cabrera, told reporters.   The SUV’s

A man was critically injured after he was struck by an ambulance in the East Village on Monday afternoon, officials said. The ambulance was responding to a call when the incident happened. The driver turned onto East 14th Street and Second Avenue when the victim was struck.   The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital

Aissatou Diallo, 49, was fatally struck by a car after she pulled over on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to fix a flat tire, officials said.   Another driver had pulled over in front of her car to help her. Diallo was standing in the highway along with several occupants when a BMW crashed into her car,

Michael Schenkman, 78, of Flushing, was fatally struck by a car in Bayside, Queens early Wednesday, officials said.   Schenkman was riding his bike along Northern Boulevard near 223rd Street when a black Chevrolet Impala struck him near 223rd Street, officials said.   Schenkman suffered severe head and body trauma and was taken to North

A 5-year-old child, whose identity has not been released, was struck by a car in Woodstock, Bronx, on Tuesday, officials said.   The child has ran into the street through parked cars at 586 Timpson Place around 5 p.m. when the car crash happened.   The 35-year-old male driver was apprehended at the scene for

A bicyclist was critically injured after a garbage truck struck him in Brooklyn, police said. The cyclist, a man in his 40s, was traveling south on Albany Avenue near Lefferts Avenue in Crown Heights when the commercial green garbage truck struck him.   The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital where he is listed

Three people were injured after a taxi cab jumped a curb and almost struck a building in Harlem, officials said.   The cab had been involved in a three-car crash near Madison Avenue and East 119th Street.   Two victims were taken to Harlem Hospital in serious, but stable condition. Another person was treated for

A 6-year-old boy was hit by a hit-and-run driver in Borough Park, Brooklyn on Wednesday, officials said. The accident occurred at 41st Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway at 4:15 p.m.   According to surveillance footage, a minivan was seen slamming into the boy on the street. The driver of the van stopped his car after