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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

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

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

Terrence Montrose, 26, of East New York, was killed after a minivan fatally struck him while walking the street in Breezy Point, Queens, officials said.   Montrose was crossing the street on Rockaway Point Boulevard when a 2005 Toyota Sienna crashed into him near Beach 193rd Street, police said.   Montrose was rushed to Beth

Two police officers and two civilians were hurt after a crash involving officers who were responding to a fire in North Massapequa. A Nassau County Police car collided into another car, which in turn, slammed into a store front.   A male pedestrian, whose identity was not released, was in critical condition after he went

Three people were hurt after a 16-year old boy driving without a license and his passenger collided into several vehicles in Union Square, officials said. One officer suffered a sprained ankle from the incident, according to reports.   The teen driver, whose name has not been released, and his passenger, Jumain Wilson, 34, both of

A 22-year-old man was critically injured after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver and dragged for a block by a driver in another car, officials said.   The victim, whose name has not been released, was at Dry Harbor Road and Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park when he was struck.   After the first

A man, whose identity has not been released, was killed after he crashed his car into a 2013 Buick Century on the Willis Avenue Bridge in Harlem, officials said.   The victim was driving a 2009 Mitsubishi Galant from the Bronx to Harlem when he entered onto the wrong side of the highway. He collided

A 38-year-old man is in critical condition after the driver of a pickup truck struck him in a supermarket parking lot in the Bronx, officials said.   According to surveillance footage, a red Ford F-150 sideswipes a stopped white van, strikes the van’s owner who is standing next to the vehicle and tears off the