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Coca-Cola Truck Crashes Into Scaffolding, Killing 1, Injuring 6

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

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Pregnant Mom Dies From Fatal Car Crash In Staten Island

A pregnant mom died after being fatally struck by a car on Staten Island, officials said. Shannon Lies, 31, was leaving her job as a waitress at Mike’s Place Diner in Annandale when a car going westbound on Hylan Boulevard hit her at about 11 p.m. on Monday.   “She just left work and was

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Pedestrian Struck By NYU Bus In West Village

A woman was struck by a New York University bus at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and 10th Street in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, according to reports. The woman, who was identified as being in her mid-30s, was taken away on a stretcher in an ambulance. The extent of her injuries was not known.  

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One Person Killed, Two Critically Injured In Queens Crash

One woman died and another woman and a two-year-old girl were critically injured in a fatal car crash involving at least two cars in Queens, according to reports. The accident occurred around 6 p.m. on Atlantic Avenue and 108th Street in Richmond Hill, Queens.   A 43-year-old woman driving in a white SUV was traveling

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One Killed, 19 Injured From Coach Bus Crash On I-95

The driver of a coach bus that crashed into a tractor trailer on the I-95 has died on Wednesday afternoon, officials confirmed. Henry J. Woolfson, 31, of Hackensack, N.J., was killed when his bus rear-ended a truck near southbound Exit 14.   Woolfsen was pinned in the bus and had to be extricated by firefighters

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Worker Found Dead In Locked Hospital Bathroom After Days

Bronx Hospital worker Anthony Iuso, 44, was found dead inside a bathroom days after he went to the emergency room to get treated for an injured finger, sources said. Iuso was found locked inside a bathroom at Montefiore Medical Center where he worked.   Last Thursday, Iuso left his post on the third floor of

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