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 married couple were injured, one fatally, after a grey bus driver struck them on Flatbush Avenue between Avenue U and Avenue V in Marine Park, officials said. Angel Sagardia, 47, was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from severe head trauma and internal injuries. His wife, Samantha Sagardia, 50,
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
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 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
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
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
Six people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway, police said. One of the victims was a former aide of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Scott Martella, 29. An out-of-control Subaru Outback crossed a median and struck Martella’s Honda and a BMW, officials said. The Outback event went airborne, police
