Twelve people were injured after a school bus struck a telephone pole in Westchester County, officials said. The injuries were non-life threatening. The Ossining High School bus made a left turn out of a parking lot when it struck the pole. Twenty-two passengers were on board, including the driver, officials said. No other
Driver Ozcan Ayyidiz, 49, of Mastic Beach, and Kevin Melger, 23, of Brentwood, were killed when their car was driving in the wrong direction on Sunrise Highway in Brookhaven, Long Island, officials said. Another passenger, Jonathan Valladeres, 25, who was Melger’s cousin, was in critical condition. Their white 2004 Infinit sedan was traveling eastbound
Two people suffered minor injuries after a yellow cab jumped the curb of an Upper East Side sidewalk, officials said. The incident happened at York Avenue and East 79th Street. Two people were taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The attorneys at Morgan Levine Dolan have recovered millions of dollars for those
Two young girls were killed after the radiator in their shelter apartment filled the room with scalding steam as they napped, officials said. The incident happened at 720 Hunts Point Avenue, which was used by the city’s Department of Homeless Services as cluster-site housing, officials said. The toddlers, Scylee Vayoh Ambrose, 1, and Ibanez
As a construction worker, you are staffed with many responsibilities throughout the day. No matter what task you’re taking on, nothing changes the fact that your safety, health, and well-being should always come first. If you have any reason to believe that you’re in an unsafe situation, you should remove yourself without delay. Ladders are
Every job has its risks. People in every industry can and are injured on the job, often requiring medical attention. That’s why there are law protecting workers, including laws requiring that employers pay into workers’ compensation and that set standards for safety on the job. Even when everyone complies with safety regulations, there’s still risk
George Smith, 47, of Brooklyn and Alessandro Ramos, 43, of Queens, were killed on a construction site after a 6,500-pound steel beam fell from a crane, officials said. The incident happened at an in-progress apartment complex at 81-10 134th Street in Briarwood. The beam was lifted four stories high with the crane when it
Carlos Coyt-Orozco, of Port Chester, was killed after he was struck by a tractor trailer on the Insterstate 95, officials said. Coyt-Orozco had pulled over his vehicle to the right shoulder of the highway because he had run out of gas. He and his passenger, David Espinoza, of Portchester, attempted to push the vehicle,
James Sager, 57, of Babylon, was killed in a four-vehicle crash on Flanders Road, officials said. Police said that a possible medical issue may have been the cause of the accident. Sager was traveling westbound when he veered into the eastbound lane and struck three vehicles, police said. He was pronounced dead at the
Two injured people were treated after a three-vehicle crash on Flanders Road, officials said. The accident occurred on Flanders Road near White Brook Drive, officials said. David Williams, 58, of Flanders was driving his 2014 Nissan Sentra when he collided head-on with a 2013 Toyota Tacoma driven by Christian Ortiz, 32, of Hampton Bays,
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