David Pajarito-Mendez, 38, of Brighton Beach, was fatally struck by a hit-and run van in Morrisania, Bronx on Monday evening, officials said. The accident happened near East 162nd Street and Courtlandt Avenue. According to surveillance footage, Pajarito-Mendez wobbled onto the street and laid there for about 45 seconds until a sedan struck him. A
Apple is investigating a claim that one of its iPhones spontaneously exploding, according to reports. Darin Hlavaty claims his iPhone 6 Plus spontaneously burst into flames. The iPhone was in his pocket while he was in class at Rowan University in New Jersey. He suddenly felt his leg burning, he says. He saw smoke
Anna Colon, 73, of Brooklyn, was killed when she was struck by an MTA bus on the Lower East Side, according to sources. The bus was turning off Avenue D onto East Houston Street when Colon was struck, police said. Colon was not in the crosswalk at the time of the accident. The
Eight people were hurt after a school bus overturned on the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx, officials said. The accident happened near East Tremont Avenue in Throgs Neck. The bus driver, a teacher, a matron and five school kids were taken to Jacobi Medical Center. They suffered minor injuries, officials said. Five special
Two men suffered minor injuries after getting stuck in a trench at a construction site in Williamsbridge, Bronx, according to reports. One of the men was on duty at a construction site at Hicks Street and Fish Avenue. Firefighters were able to set up an emergency basket and place the men inside. The
Three injured victims of the Hoboken train crash intend to sue NJ Transit, according to reports. They sent notices to NJ Transit on Monday, the first step in the process to recover monetary damages. Anthony Prieto, 27, of Lyndhurst, N.J. was standing in the vestibule of the second car and thrown from the impact.
Thirty people were hurt after two NJ Transit buses collided in the Lincoln Tunnel, officials said. None of the injured victims suffered life-threatening injuries. Twenty-eight people were taken to hospitals around New York City and two people were taken to Hoboken University Medical Center, officials said. A bus driver received a summons for
A teenage girl was injured after a car struck her in Borough Park, Brooklyn, officials said. The accident occurred at 13th Avenue and 45th Street. Emergency responders found the girl pinned underneath the vehicle. She was taken to a local hospital by Hatzolah ambulance. The girl’s condition is not known, according to reports.
A man was critically injured after a car crashed into a city bus outside of a Brooklyn school in Williamsburg, officials said. Three people inside the car and a few passengers from the bus were also treated at the scene, according to reports. The black sports utility vehicle rear-ended an MTA bus in front
Fabiola Bittar de Kroon, 34, was killed in the Hoboken train crash that also injured over 100 people, according to multiple reports. De Kroon was killed when she was struck by falling debris from the train crash into the Hoboken Terminal, according to the New York Times. De Kroon was an IT worker who
