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Victim, Driver Identified In Fatal Barclays Car Crash

Alejandro Moran-Marin, 35, was the bicyclist identified in the fatal car accident on Flatbush and Fourth Avenues, near Barclays Center, on Monday.   An out-of-control car hit Moran-Marin on his bicycle head on and launched him into the air, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.   Authorities believe that the driver of

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Bicyclist Killed, 6 Injured In Barclays Car Accident

A bicyclist and six others were injured in a car accident that involved two cars at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn on Monday morning, according to reports.   A 37-year-old man driving a Honda Pilot was heading northbound on Fourth Avenue when his car lost control and collided with a

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Vacant Building Collapse Injures 3 In Brooklyn

A vacant building at 1438 Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, leaving three passersby injured, according to reports. The four-story building was being prepped for demolition. It was not immediately clear why the building collapsed.   A bicyclist and two other people were hurt, authorities said. “Three injuries from people in the vicinity

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Victims Fatally Struck By LIRR Train Accident Identified

The man and woman who were killed by a Long Island Railroad (LIRR) train in Queens last week were identified by the police. Leanna Belcher and Booker Favors, both 29 years old from Queens, were fatally struck by the train near Hollis station at 2:45 a.m. last Thursday, police said.   The train engineer hit

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Safe-work practices can reduce New York job-site injuries

When New York construction workers enter a job site, the goal is to leave it as healthy as they entered it. But, a job site is a busy place with many dangers for the unwary or distracted. One common set of construction-related injuries that can beset workers is soft-tissue injuries. These are injuries to discs,

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West Islip Woman Killed in Car Crash

A West Islip woman was killed in a head-on collision with a truck at the intersection of Higbie Lane and Union Boulevard in West Islip, Long Island, on Tuesday morning, according to police.   Julia Schweers, 19, a graduate of St. John the Baptist High School, was fatally injured when her 2011 Toyota Camry collided

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Mother And Daughter Killed In Queens Car Crash Identified

A mother and her young daughter were killed, and at least four others were injured, after a two-car crash in Queens last week.   Susana Ha, 42, and her daughter, Angelica Ung, 10, were killed in a collision between their 2005 Toyota Camry and a white 2006 Ford Explorer on 210th Street in Bayside around

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Man Hospitalized After Being Struck By Tour Bus In Greenwich Village

A pedestrian was hospitalized after being struck by a double-decker tour bus in Greenwich Village on Friday.   Devan Snipner, 50, was crossing the street on Sixth Avenue and West 4th Street when the City Sightseeing New York bus struck him as it turned onto Sixth Avenue, according to reports. Witnesses said that the bus’

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Pedestrian Killed By Out-of-Control Car In Brooklyn

Marcia Arthurs, 51, was struck and killed by an out-of-control car at Pennsylvania Avenue and Cozine Avenue in East New York on Wednesday, according to reports.   The driver, a 29-year-old woman who has not been identified by name, was heading southbound on Pennsylvania Avenue in her Toyota sedan when she lost control of the

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Glenn Dolan Secures Another Multiple Seven Figure Result

Two weeks ago, Glenn Dolan of Morgan Levine Dolan secured a $2,250,000.00 settlement on behalf of a non-union laborer who sustained permanent injuries to his neck, back and knees  at a Jamaica Avenue construction site in Queens.  The worker was standing on a pile of castings on the back of a dump truck, rigging the

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