Two people were injured and one of the victims, a woman, was left permanently disabled after a horrific pedestrian accident in Manhattan earlier this month. The crash happened on May 11th around 10 PM at the intersection of Murray Street and West Street in Lower...
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Month: May 2019
Apartment Fire in Harlem Kills Six People
A fatal apartment fire in Harlem claimed the lives of six people earlier this month-including four children. The blaze broke out in an apartment building inside the Frederick Samuel Houses in Harlem around 1AM. FDNY officers found six people unconscious and...
Train Accident in New York Leaves Passenger Shaken but Uninjured
Over 1,000 afternoon commuters were shaken earlier this month when the LIRR train they were riding on collided with a tractor-trailer truck. The collision occurred just before 6 PM as commuters were attempting to make their ways home. While there was surely some...
Teenager Escapes with Minor Injuries After Terrifying Escalator Accident
A young girl faced amputation after stepping onto an escalator with a few of her friends earlier this month. The terrifying escalator accident happened during a cheerleading competition when a group of girls (all teammates) stepped onto the escalator to travel to the...
Girl Falls Into Backyard Fire Pit-Suffers Third Degree Burns
A young girl was severely injured when she fell into a backyard fire pit earlier this month. EMTs arrived at the New Jersey home within minutes of receiving the call and stabilized the girl at the accident scene before rushing her to a nearby hospital by helicopter....
Elderly Woman Killed in Pedestrian Accident in New York City
A fatal pedestrian accident in New York City late last month claimed the life of an elderly woman as she was returning home from a late night mass. The pedestrian accident on Staten Island resulted in an extensive search for the driver-who fled the scene of the...
Falling Object Accident in Manhattan Claims Life of Worker
A 51-year-old man was killed in a falling objects accident in New York City earlier this month. The man was working on a scaffolding suspended high above the city streets at 311 East 50th Street, repairing the façade of the building, when the accident happened....
New Report Shines Light on Excessive Force Cases in New York City
The New York Civil Liberties Union has finally been granted access to NYPD reports (as well as reports from other police agencies in the state) that were previously sealed under a troubling interpretation of New York's Open Records Law. The revelations therein have...
Fall From Heights Accident in New York Results in $22 Million Award
A construction-related fall from heights accident in New York City over a decade ago has resulted in a $22 million verdict for a worker who plummeted off a bridge in the Bronx. A jury recently awarded the construction site accident victim after a protracted 10-year...
Falling Tree Branch Accident in New York City Injures Two
Two employees of the city's Parks and Recs Department were injured in a freak tree limb accident in New York earlier last month. The two city employees were engaged in what the department classified as a "routine clean up" involving removing at least one tree and...