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Madeline Bengochea, 48, was hit by a speeding car on her way home from the supermarket in the Bronx on Monday night, according to police. The accident happened at Williamsbridge Road near Hone Avenue around 8 p.m.   Bengochea was crossing in the middle of the street with her walker when she was hit by

A 63-year-old man was in critical condition after a wheel flew off another car and struck his vehicle on the Grand Central Parkway, according to reports. The accident happened at around 2 p.m. near the Cross Island Parkway in Queens on Saturday.   A Mazda Tribute was traveling in the westbound lane when its wheel

A man in his early 30s was struck and killed by a van as he was crossing the street in the South Bronx on Thursday, police said. The man was crossing Jerome Avenue near Shakespeare Avenue at around 7:20 p.m.   Danny Telpha, 59, a plumber who lives in the Bronx, was driving the 2002

A man in his early 30s was struck and killed by a van as he was crossing the street in the South Bronx on Thursday, police said. The man was crossing Jerome Avenue near Shakespeare Avenue at around 7:20 p.m.   Danny Telpha, 59, a plumber who lives in the Bronx, was driving the 2002

A cab driver struck and injured two people before crashing into a building during the morning rush hour, according to reports. The incident happened around 577 First Avenue at 8:51 a.m. One of the injured refused medical attention. The second person was being treated for serious injuries, fire officials said.   The three injured people

Pedestrian deaths resulting from car crashes rose last year to the most in at least four decades, according to Reuters. It now makes up about 15% of fatalities from motor vehicle accidents, a U.S. report found.   Pedestrian deaths rose 10% in the first six months of 2015 from the previous year, according to estimates.

Victoria Garrett, 22, was in critical condition after she was struck in a chain-reaction crash caused by an off-duty NYPD lieutenant, according to reports.   Her friend Samantha Maloney, 22, of Lindhurst, initially crashed her 2014 Nissan into a divider on an elevated section of the Whitestone near the intersection with the Grand Central Parkway,

Lin Qinyun, 64, was killed when an SUV struck her as it backed into a parking spot in Corona, Queens on Friday morning, police said. Qinyun was trying to cross 113th Street near 37th Avenue when a 2003 Ford Expedition struck her.   She was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition. She was later

A 70-year-old man was seriously injured after a hit-and-run driver struck him in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.   The man, who has not been identified, was on a motorized scooter when he was hit by a white car as it was turning into 85th Street and 25th Avenue, according to reporters.