Falling object accidents in New York can be fatal at job sites around the city. One lucky construction worker escaped with his life though seriously injured from his recent accident. Earlier this month an unnamed construction worker was rushed to the hospital with...
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Month: December 2015
Woman Killed in Yet Another Brooklyn Bus Accident
The string of tragic MTA bus accidents in New York City just seems to get longer every day. Another pedestrian was struck and killed earlier this week bringing the number of individuals killed by MTA buses in the past six weeks up to four. 62-year old Eleonora...
NYC Tour Bus Accident Sends Dozens to the Hospital
Over two dozen people were injured in a bizarre New York City tour bus accident in Pennsylvania over the weekend. The bus was travelling down I-70 when it overturned, throwing passengers around the cabin like rag dolls and ejecting the driver. Two dozen passengers...
Partial Building Collapse in Manhattan Closes Street for Days
Passersby ran for their lives last week when tons of masonry rained down in a "hail of bricks" on the Upper East Side. The bricks fell from high up on a building along First Avenue and crashed to the sidewalk below. The partial building collapse in Manhattan could...
New High-Heel-Friendly Surfaces Aimed at Eliminating Sidewalk Grate Accidents in New York City
There are thousands of slotted sidewalk grates around New York City--some of which cover holes up to seventy feet deep or more. While walking over them, they present the risk on any given day of a slip and fall sidewalk accidents in New York.Every year, New Yorkers...
Hit-and-Run Accident in New York Leaves One Dead and Nine Injured
A tragic car accident in Brooklyn has left one woman dead and nine other individuals injured. Eyewitnesses say the woman was trying to get into her own car at the time she was run down. The initial crash occurred on Thanksgiving Night as the suspect, Michael McBean,...
Teenager Alleges Police Brutality in New York After Being “Roughed Up” While Arrested
Late last month, the NYPD was called to an Ecuadorian restaurant in Sunset Park after a fight broke out during a viewing party for a boxing match. Police arrived and arrested two men for trashing at least part of the restaurant. However, one teenager involved in the...
Construction Accident in Manhattan Kills Worker
One man was killed and another injured in a terrible construction accident in Manhattan on November 20th. The two men were part of a construction crew demolishing an older building in Midtown when the building collapsed on top of them, trapping them under tons of...
Third MTA Bus Accident in New York in Less than a Month
A recent plague of MTA bus accidents in New York have left several individuals dead and at least one elderly man in the hospital fighting for his life. This latest avoidable accident involving an MTA bus left an unnamed 64-year old man in critical condition. The man...
Commission Concludes Con Ed at Fault for Deadly Building Collapse
A new report released by the Public Service Commission places the blame for a deadly building collapse in Harlem last year squarely on the shoulders of Con Edison. The report says that the utility company was deficient in its duty to inspect and maintain the gas lines...