A drunk driver of a BMW fatally struck a man in Washington Heights early Saturday, hours after a hit-and-run driver of another BMW critically injured a woman in Brooklyn, officials said. Driver Jonathan Segura, 34, of the Bronx, was exiting the George Washington Bridge when he struck a man and woman, both 46-years-old, on
FDNY crews rescued four construction workers when the scaffolding they were on collapsed at an upper Manhattan work site, officials said. The workers were on a six-story apartment building at 44 Seaman Avenue in Inwood at 11:45 a.m. when the main cable of the scaffolding snapped, officials said. The men were first saved by
A crane accident can leave people with serious injuries. Those injuries may require hospitalization and surgery. Workers may not be able to return to work for a significant amount of time. Sadly, injuries sustained in a crane accident may even prove to be fatal. Construction workers in New York City who suffer injuries on the
Two men were killed and a third man suffered serious injuries in a one-car crash on Tuesday morning in Fort Salonga, Long Island, officials said. Leland Acampora, 26, of Hauppague was driving a Hyundai Sonata on Route 25A near Fort Salonga Road and Makamah Road at around 4:30 a.m. when he lost control of
A 4-year-old boy was in serious condition after the car he was riding in veered off the road and hit a tree on Long Island. The boy’s grandfather, 65, was the driver of the 2008 Nissan Altima that carried the boy. The man lost control of the car, careened onto the sidewalk and slammed
Matthew Murphy was taken into custody after he fled from the scene of a hit-and-run accident and plunged his car into the Gowanus Canal, officials said. At around 11:15 a.m., Murphy made a left turn with his car onto Degraw Street from Court Street, but struck a Toyota and a 47-year-old woman in the
Three people were injured after an accident involving three cars on Sunrise Highway on Tuesday morning, officials said. A 36-year-old man was driving his Nissan Altima westbound on Sunrise Highway at around 6:35 a.m. when he lost control of his car, crossed a median onto the other side, and struck a Hyundai Elantra. The
Two people were hurt after an accident involving a school bus and an ambulance in Brooklyn. The accident happened at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights around 6:30 a.m. According to reports, the ambulance could be seen with severe damage on the island of the roadway while the school
Diane Lamache, 26, was killed in a car accident after her drunken and stoned boyfriend slammed his car into a tractor trailer in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Eloy Perez, 27, the boyfriend of Lamache, was driving along Vandervoort Avenue when he crashed into a tractor trailer pulling out of a parking lot. Lamache suffered severe head
Roughly 25 people were treated for non-life threatening injuries after an New Jersey Transit Bus carrying 31 passengers crashed into a tree on Monday afternoon, officials said. The accident occurred around 2 p.m. at Wainwright Street and Lyons Avenue. “I ran out of the store along with one of the workers in the store
