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An 8 year-old boy was fatally run over by a tractor trailer truck driver on Northern Boulevard in Queens shortly before 8 a.m. Friday. The truck driver, Mauricio Osorio-Palominos, 51, was turning left onto Northern Boulevard from 61st Street when he struck the boy, who has been identified as Noshat Nahian. Nahian was crossing the six lane

New York residents driving 2014 Hondas should be aware of a new recall. Although no injuries have been reported related to the problem with the Acura MDX, the potential for car accidents exists. More than 19,000 of the 2014 luxury sport utility vehicles are included in the recall. A problem has been identified with connections

Ten people were taken to the hospital after a NJ Transit bus collided with a taxi and crashed through the front of a building in Newark early Thursday morning, knocking down street signs and scattering debris on the sidewalk. The bus was on its way to Newark Penn Station when it hit the taxi at

A fuel truck overturned and burst into a fireball on Sunrise Highway Tuesday night, injuring two.   The scene unfolded when an out-of-control car rear-ended a gas truck at a red light near Newbridge Road in Bellmore just before midnight, overturning the truck and spewing 7,000 gallons of fuel onto the streets, sparking flames as high as

An NYPD officer killed in a crash on a bridge ramp is being remembered for her compassion and love of life. A police honor guard bore the flag-draped casket of Officer Elisa Toro at her funeral on Monday in Coney Island. Toro was off duty on Tuesday, December 10th when her car crashed on an exit

A pedestrian was hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by an Access-A-Ride van driver in Murray Hill Thursday morning. The crash happened around 8:45 a.m. on East 34th Street between Lexington and 3rd avenues. The pedestrian was transported to Bellevue Hospital in serious but stable condition, and van’s driver suffered minor injuries and was

One person was sent to the hospital after a tractor-trailer overturned on the Bruckner Interchange early Thursday morning. The truck turned onto its side at around 4:30 a.m. where I-95 north and south splits from the Bruckner Expressway. The victim was taken to Jacobi Medical Center with serious injuries. If you or a loved one

A massive pileup of cars on the Bronx River Parkway injured 35 people on the evening of Dec. 8. The icy rain and snow are to blame for dangerous driving conditions and are likely the cause of the massive vehicle pileup on the parkway. The Westchester County Police Department said that most of the drivers

Thirty-five people were injured on the Bronx River Parkway last night because of a multi-vehicle pile-up. The crash occurred around 11 p.m. near Desmond Avenue in Westchester County. Yonkers police and firefighters teamed up with the county police along with multiple ambulances to clear the Desmond Avenue accident Sunday night. Being involved in such a large

Four people were hospitalized Thursday after a dramatic school bus crash in Brooklyn.   The yellow bus, carrying just the driver and a matron, was on Atlantic Ave. near Hicks St. about 1:30 p.m. when it slammed into another vehicle, flipped on its side, and then hit the front end of a pickup truck. The