Mike Scelzo was released from the Jersey City Medical Center after he was treated for lacerations on his face and a black eye, according to reports. He told reporters that he had boarded the train at Oradell and was chatting with another passenger when he felt the train jolt as it approached Hoboken station.
At least three people are dead and more than 100 people are injured after a New Jersey Transit train crashed into the Hoboken station during Thursday morning’s rush hour, officials said. According to a preliminary investigation, the cause of the crash may be accidental or caused by operator error, officials said. The train
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 construction worker was killed after he feel while working on a Midtown Manhattan building, according to reports. The incident happened at 135 West 52nd Street. The victim, only identified as a 52-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. He fell from the 45th story of the building. He landed between two buildings
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,
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a formal recall of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone after the company volunteered to do so a week earlier. The Galaxy Note 7 has put consumers at risk over its batteries exploding or catching fire. Samsung has confirmed that there were several dozen such incidents which
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
