An out-of-control car mounted a sidewalk and plowed into dozens of trick-or-treaters and their families, killing two adults and a child, and injuring three other people, according to reports. The victims were members of two extended families. Luiz Perez, 65, his granddaughter, Nyanna Aquil, 9, and Kristian Leka, 24, were among those killed in
A ceiling collapse in a midtown Manhattan building has killed one construction worker and seriously injured another on Friday morning, multiple sources reported. The eight-story building at 25 West 38th Street was undergoing demolition, fire officials said. Pedro Bacilio, 26, was the victim who was killed in the incident. The injured worker, who has
The legal costs for two Metro-North derailments, including one of the deadliest crashes in the commuter railroad’s 33-year history, was more than $38.4 million and is set to climb in the years ahead, a Journal News report has found. Most of the payouts went to injured passengers or the families of the four victims
An 11-year-old girl was in critical condition after she flung from a car involved in a two-car crash in Long Island on Sunday morning, police said. Two other people, including a nine-year-old were injured in the accident as well. Iris Hernandez of Bay Shore was driving her 2001 Nissan Xterra northbound on Wheeler Road
This month, partner Glenn Dolan of Morgan Levine Dolan negotiated a $1,650,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 53-year-old, union bus driver who sustained an exacerbation of prior neck injuries when her bus was hit by a van making an illegal turn across five lanes of traffic. Our client received emergency room treatment two days after
An alleged drunk driver slammed into another vehicle twice on Long Island, according to reports. The incident was recorded by a dash cam video from the struck vehicle. Linda Spina, 53, of Selden, was allegedly driving while intoxicated along Woodside Avenue in Patchogue when she made a wide right turn onto North Ocean Avenue,
Wendell Cheeseboro, 29, of the Bronx was killed in a single-car crash on the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx on Wednesday morning, officials said. His 26-year-old passenger also injured in the incident. Cheeseboro was driving his 2006 Dodge Charger northbound on the Bruckner Expressway near Hunts Point at 3:20 a.m. when he lost control
Two pedestrians were injured after a driver in an SUV struck an MTA bus and jumped a sidewalk curb at around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday in Borough Park, according to reports. There was video footage of the incident. The driver appears to have initially struck the bus before losing control of the car and plowing
One woman was killed and six people were injured after a Coca-Cola truck and a van collided into each other which forced the truck to slam into scaffolding outside of a Bronx apartment building on Monday afternoon, officials said. The driver of the delivery truck lost control when a silver minivan veered into his
An off-duty NYPD officer rescued a bus driver and an aide from a burning school bus that rear-ended a tractor-trailer and burst into flames on the Long Island Expressway on Thursday afternoon, officials said. Officer Christopher Canale, 33, from Farmingville, was driving on the highway near Manorville when he saw the bus rear-end the
