By midday Wednesday, officials were still scrambling to account for all of the passengers in the Philadelphia Amtrak derailment accident. Those who came out of the train told a harrowing tale of twisted metal, flying objects, and bloodshed. “Everything was normal,” passenger Daniel Wetrin, 37 of New York, told CNN. “Then it was chaos.”
An elderly Queens man was struck by a car and killed as he was crossing a street. Nfn Loknauth, 83, had stepped out of his car, and began crossing the street mid-block when he was struck by a 2001 Nissan Xterra at 10:02 p.m. on Monday, according to reports. Loknauth was dragged half a
Cranes litter the New York skyline. They are an ever-present symbol of the city’s perpetual growth. But while they are essential for growth, they are not without risk. They carry heavy loads high above workers and pedestrians and can lead to construction-related injuries. When something goes wrong, workers and pedestrians often do not sense the
Twelve-year-old Ervi Secundino was struck and killed by a taxi while crossing the street in front of his school. The boy was struck in front of P.S. 200 elementary and intermediate school on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard just before 4 p.m., according to police. He was in “very critical condition” when he was
Anthony Sylvia, 28, of East Meadow was killed from injuries sustained in a car crash after riding with a drunk driver on Tuesday at 4:45 a.m., according to Nassau County Police. Sylvia was a passenger in the car of Michael Bantel, 27, of Massapequa who crashed head-on into another car in oncoming traffic on Sunrise
A 25-year-old construction worker on the construction site of a Midtown Manhattan luxury hotel fell to his death down an elevator shaft on Tuesday afternoon. Christian Gisci of Jersey City was working on the 24th floor of the Riu Plaza Times Square, located at 301 West 46th Street, when he fell hundreds of feet
Rosa Maria Sinchi, 73, was struck and killed by a car in Port Jefferson Station at 5:05 p.m. on Saturday. The driver, Thomas Sammartino, a 17-year-old male of Port Jefferson Station, was driving his 2002 Honda on North Bicycle Path when his vehicle struck Sinchi. The teenager was uninjured and stayed at the scene, according
Workers who suffer work-related injuries face a double whammy: not only do they have medical bills to pay, but they are hurt and cannot work. To solve this problem, New York offers workers’ compensation, a system by which workers receive money to help them recover from on-the-job injuries. The system covers medical bills plus just
A Daily News truck driver was killed in a car accident on Nostrand and Flushing Avenues in Brooklyn on Sunday morning. Jonathan Long, 24, was driving through an intersection when his truck collided with a green outer-borough taxi cab. The collision forced the truck to flip over. Long was found unconscious at the scene and
A negligent act by an owner and general contractor killed yet another construction worker. An Irish man has died in New York City after part of a crane fell on top of him. The man has been named as 40-year-old Trevor Loftus. Mr. Loftus owned a construction company and worked between New York and West Limerick over
