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Three people were injured after a car accident involving an allegedly drunk driver on Sunrise Highway near Speonk-Riverhead Road, officials said.   Peter Ethier, 26, of Westhampton Beach, was driving a 2001 BMW at a high speed when it rear-ended a 2002 Ford, prompting the Ford to roll over at around 4:30 a.m., police said.

Meral Arisoy, 32, was seriously injured after she was struck on the sidewalk and pinned to a wall by a taxi cab in Greenwich Village, according to multiple reports. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. at the intersection of East 8th Street and University Place near New York University.   According to reports, the driver

A woman and her dog were fatally struck by an out-of-control car on Union Boulevard in Long Island, police said. Skye Brunetti, 25, had just put her 4-year-old son onto a school bus moments before the accident, according to reports. She was on her way back to her East Islip home with her Alaskan husky,

Five people were hurt, including two police officers, when a patrol car crashed into a food delivery truck near the intersection of 130th Avenue and Inwood Street in South Ozone Park, Queens, officials said.   When first responders came to the scene, they had to remove the roof of the heavily damaged police vehicle in

Ramon Ortiz, 55, of Bergen Beach, was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian after he struck and killed a 57-year-old man in Flushing, Queens, officials said.   The victim, whose identity has not been released, was crossing 35th Avenue in the crosswalk when he was hit by Ortiz’s Ford Suburban. The SUV was

Phil Dellegrazie, 63, was killed in a carjacking in front of his Greenwood Heights business on Monday morning, officials said.   Dellegrazie saw a man jump into his company truck, which was idling in front of A&D Iron Works. The carjacker drove off, but Dellegrazie got into his own SUV and attempted to chase down

A 17-year-old male, whose name has not been released, was critically injured after a car struck him while he was crossing the street on East 165th Street and Union Avenue in the Bronx, police said. The two men who were in the vehicle fled the scene on foot, officials said.   The teenager was transported

Five people were injured, including two critically, after a single-car crash on Sunrise Highway in Seaford, Long Island, police said. The accident was caused by a backseat passenger striking the driver and causing him to lose control, officials said.   The 22-year-old male driver was driving a 2005 Nissan eastbound on Sunrise Highway when an

Oscar Reyes-Contereras, 37, of Levittown was killed after he was struck by a tractor trailer on the Long Island Expressway in Plainview, officials said.   Reyes-Contereras had been driving on the Long Island Expressway near exit 45 when he lost control of his vehicle. The 2007 Ford Mustang struck a guardrail, re-entered the roadway and

Mary Jo Myszelow, 76, died after being struck by a driver who was backing into a parking spot on the Upper East Side, officials said. The incident happened near Madison Avenue and 95th Street at 5:50 p.m.   When emergency responders arrived at the scene, they found the victim conscious with head injuries. She was