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An accident that overturned a school bus transporting special needs children in Bed-Stuy on Monday illustrates the need for a neighborhood slow zone. The crash, which involved a green Boro Taxi, came just a month after Bed-Stuy’s Community Board 3 voted against a proposed slow zone in the neighborhood. The accident was just two blocks outside of

Oftentimes, a car crash involves more than just two vehicles. After an accident, two vehicles may obstruct the lane of traffic on which they crashed, and cars driving at high speeds may not be able to avoid being pulled into the scene of the wreck. What starts as a two-car crash may turn into a

Police say an MTA bus struck and killed a 21-year-old woman in Brooklyn early Saturday.  Marisol Martinez was walking on Union Avenue in Williamsburg at around 1:30 a.m. when a bus made a turn and hit her.  Martinez was declared dead after being taken to Woodhull Hospital. Police say charges haven’t been brought against the

New York residents who spend a lot of time on the road know how common car accidents are. Just by observing the roads, one gets a sense of how frequently these accidents occur; it is not uncommon to see two vehicles pulled onto the shoulder after a crash. Anyone who has ever been in a

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Sanitation Department garbage truck in Crown Heights this morning as he was attempting to cross the street. Around 9:15 Sunday morning three pedestrians were waiting to cross Carroll Street from south to north. When the signal turned green they stepped out into the street and were struck by

An MTA bus rear ended another bus on an icy road in Queens Tuesday morning, injuring more than a dozen passengers. The buses collided along Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and Mathias Avenue in Jamaica just after 8:45 a.m.  The MTA said a Q112 with no passengers on board struck a Q111 with more than a dozen

A snow plow driver, 42-year-old Wu Wu, has been ticketed after backing over and killing a pregnant woman in Brooklyn Thursday.  Once again, no criminal charges have been filed for yet another senseless negligent act of a driver on New York City streets. The plow, removing snow during the Nor’easter, backed into her and killed

A Bronx couple is counting their blessings after they survived a terrifying car accident Monday afternoon. All the snow and ice on the ground helped catapult their vehicle off the Bruckner Expressway and down onto a roadway 50 feet below. Miraculously, Carlos Broadbelt and Luz Cruz, both 54, survived the heart-stopping fall with injuries. The crash

A person died and a truck driver was taken into custody after a Greenwich Village crash sent a city bus careening into a scaffold Wednesday. The eastbound M14 bus and truck slammed into one another about 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 14th Street. Several people were hurt. “I heard a boom,” said