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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

One person was injured after a private ambulance collided with another vehicle and mounted a sidewalk in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, officials said.   The crash occurred at Eighth Avenue and Union Street.   The victim, whose identity has not been released, was not a passenger in the ambulance. The person was taken to

At least three people were injured after being involved in a chain-reaction car crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway. Two tractor trailers and two cars were involved in the accident which occurred in the northbound lanes near the Webster Avenue exit.   An SUV failed to slow down around a merger at a construction site,

A 44-year-old woman was injured after a motorcyclist struck her while she was crossing the street at Flatbush Avenue and Sterling Place, police said.   The motorcyclist then lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a tree, officials said.   The victim was taken to New York Methodist Hospital where she was in critical

A 50-year-old male pedestrian was fatally struck by an SUV in Queens, officials said. The pedestrian was crossing the street at Springfield Boulevard when a 2014 Kia Sorento struck him while making a left-turn onto Springfield from Murdock Avenue.   The man was rushed to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead from

A pedestrian was killed after a livery cab struck him on the Staten Island Expressway, officials said.   The victim was attempting to cross the Narrows Road North and Clove Road when he was struck by a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria   Emergency responders found the man, only identified as in his 30s, lying down

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

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