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A man was struck by two cars, one fatally, after he was crossing the street at Bronxdale Avenue and Barnes Avenue in Morris Park, Bronx, officials said. One of the drivers fled the scene.   The victim, whose name has not been released, was crossing the street when a light-colored van struck him on Brookdale

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,

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,

A bicyclist was critically injured after he crashed into an open door, launched off his bike onto the street and was struck by another car in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, officials said.   The 33-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was riding along Graham Avenue near Scholes Street when he slammed into a open door

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

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