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Woman Killed By Car Backing Into Parking Space

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

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Driver Reportedly Injured After Crashing Into Bronx Home

One person was injured after a car went off the road and crashed into a house in the Bronx, officials said.   The residents of the house, Shirley Lucas, 23, and her 2-year-old daughter, were in their room when they heard the silver Dodge Charger slam into the exterior of their house on Bruckner Boulevard

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Man Arrested In StuyTown Hit-And-Run Car Crash

Taxi driver John Bangura, 68, has been arrested in connection with the fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a woman outside the Stuyvesant Town housing complex. He has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in a death.   The victim, Kenya Flores, 44, of the Bronx, reportedly laid down in the

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Man Lying In Street Fatally Struck By Hit-And-Run Vehicle

Christopher Costa, 36, was lying in the middle of the road on Madison Avenue and just south of East 115th Street at 9:52 p.m. when a gray SUV struck him and kept driving, police officers said.   It was not immediately clear why he was lying on the road, police said. His brother, Eddie Costa,

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Queens Car Crash Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Seriously Injured

One person died and two others were seriously injured in a car accident in Elmhurst, Queens on Sunday night, police said.   The car was speeding on the Grand Central Parkway when the driver lost control of the car and hit the support beams of the 94th Street overpass.   The driver, Francisco Flores, 42,

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Woman Hit By Car In Brooklyn

A woman, who was identified as in her 20s, was injured after she was struck by a Toyota Avalon on Linden Boulevard and East 38th Street in Prospect Lefferts Garden, Brooklyn around 4:20 a.m., officials said.   “The driver was behind someone and went around the car and hit her hard,” a witness told reporters.

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Woman Fatally Struck By Garbage Truck In UES

A 55-year-old woman was fatally struck by a sanitation truck at a crosswalk, police said. The woman, whose name has not been released, was crossing First Avenue and 92nd Street when the truck driver made a left turn from 92nd Street.   She was found conscious and alert when emergency responders arrived. She was taken

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Car Chase Through Bronx And Westchester Injures 1

A high-speed car chase from the Bronx that ended in a crash in Mt. Vernon critically injured a female passenger who was holding a 2-year-old girl in her lap.   The chase began when officers tried to pull over a white 2014 Nissan Maxima after it was allegedly speeding west down Nereid Avenue in Wakefield,

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West Babylon Woman Dies From Car Crash In L.I.

AlyssaMarie Gerbasio, 23, of West Babylon died after she was ejected from her vehicle during a car crash in Lindenhurst, police said. She was likely not wearing a seatbelt, according to officials.   Another driver collided with Gerbasio’s vehicle, police said. A 17-year-old female, whose identity has not been released, was driving a 2005 Jeep

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Nine People Hurt From FDR Bus Crash

At least nine people were injured from an MTA bus crash on Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive in Manhattan, officials said. The QM11 bus crashed into a pillar near an overpass on 34th Street at around 4:30 p.m.   “We saw the bus coming down and I guess he didn’t see there was a curve, or

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