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Mom, Young Daughters Hit by Car on Long Island

A mother and her two young daughters were hit by a car while crossing the street in Freeport Wednesday night. Police say a Nissan Maxima was approaching the intersection of Lena Avenue and North Main in Freeport when it struck the three victims. Police say the driver wasn’t able to stop in time. According to

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1 dead, dozens injured in Pennsylvania accident with bus from New York

A Greyhound bus accident along Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania early Wednesday killed one person and injured more than 40, officials said.  The incident happened in Union County south of Williamsport around 1:30 a.m. and five hospitals reported receiving a total of more than 40 patients from the accident. At least four of them were

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3-year-old Fatally Struck at Queens Intersection

A 3-year-old was killed after being struck at an intersection in Queens.  The incident occurred last night at the intersection of Cherry Avenue and Main Street in Flushing, Queens. According to police, Allison Liao was crossing Main Street by Cherry Avenue with her grandmother when a Nissan that was trying to make a left turn

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Man Crushed To Death By Forklift At Raw Equipment Factory

A man was crushed to death by a forklift at a Queens factory Thursday morning.  At about 11 a.m., emergency crews received a call about a man pinned under a forklift he was working on at Raw Equipment on College Point Boulevard in Flushing.  When EMS arrived, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Driver pleads guilty to a New York DUI

In 2012, a student from Siena College allegedly caused an accident that killed two high school students and injured two others. On Sept. 27, that student pleaded guilty to 52 felonies and 6 misdemeanors and may be sentenced to a prison term of five to 15 years. It has been reported that the driver was

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East Village stairwell collapse sends man falling two stories

Fire department retrieved people stranded in a seven-story 2nd Avenue building after the stairwell collapsed this past weekend. A man was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical but stable condition.  Over 30 college-aged students had gathered on the roof of 159 2nd Avenue at E. 9 St. in the lower East Side on Saturday night

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