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Seven People Hurt After Car Crash Near Brooklyn College

Seven people were injured after a car crash near Brooklyn College on Monday evening, fire officials said. The crash occurred at 1594 Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H around 7 p.m.   Seven people were taken to local hospitals, officials said.   Authorities could not provide immediate information about the incident, according to reports. The attorneys

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Three Men Killed In Separate Car Crashes Around Queens

Three men were killed in two separate car crashes on Monday, officials said.   Carlos Diaz, 39, of the Bronx, and his 39-year-old passenger, whose name has not been released, were killed when their white BMW jumped a guardrail and struck a tree on the Grand Central Parkway in East Elmhurst, police said.   The

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Woman Fatally Struck By SUV Near Herald Square

Po Chu Ng, 52, was killed when a black SUV struck her while she was crossing Sixth Avenue and West 30th Street around 5:15 p.m.   A 27-year-old male driver was turning left when Ng was struck. The driver remained at the scene.   Ng was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

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Five Cops Hurt In Collision From Brooklyn Chase

Five police officers were injured after their police vehicles collided into one another in Brownsville, Brooklyn, officials said.   A marked police car and an unmarked police car were responding to an incident involving a foot pursuit when the collision happened on Livonia Avenue and Thomas S. Boyland Street around 2 a.m., police said.  

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One Person Injured After Car Crashes Into Bronx Salon

One person was injured after a car crash into a salon in the Bronx on Tuesday morning, officials said. According to reports, a silver sedan hit a parked car and then collided into a storefront on 169th Street near Tinton Avenue in the Bronx.   Passerby pulled the bleeding female driver out of the vehicle.

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Two People Killed In Chain Reaction Car Crash On L.I.

Two people were killed and a child was injured after a chain-reaction crash on the Wantagh State Parkway in Long Island, officials said.   Reina Olivera, 33, was driving her Nissan Murano on the left lane of the highway when she was rear-ended by a Honda CRV around 11 p.m. Tuesday, according to reports.  

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Boy Critically Injured In Car Accident In Staten Island

A 9-year-old boy was struck by a car while cross the street to board his school bus, officials said. The boy was crossing the street at Targee Street and Broad Street at around 7:50 a.m. when he was struck by the driver, police said.   He was transported to Richmond University Medical Center and was

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Car Crash Kills 1, Injures Another In Queens

A woman was killed and a man was injured after their car crashed into a parked vehicle in Queens, officials said. The victim of the fatal crash was identified as 83-year-old Amy Huang. She was in the front passenger seat of the car when the accident occurred at the intersection of 91st Street around 2

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Crash Into Midtown Fire Hydrant Kills 1, Injures Another

Juan Avila, 33, of Jackson Heights, was killed after he was involved in a fatal crash around Sixth Avenue and West 54th Street around 3:41 a.m., police said. The driver, Shiva Sharma, 32, of Wyandanch, was later arrested and slapped with charges although it was unclear what all those charges were.   According to reports,

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