Landmark research into school bus accidents in New York City and around the country has uncovered some shocking statistics. While there were 2,551 injuries stemming from school bus accidents in 2018, only 1,700 of those injuries occurred during collisions. The...
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Month: October 2019
Fatal Bicycle Accident in Queens Marks Milestone for New York City
The fatal bicycle accident in Queens that claimed the life of a 65-year-old man was the 25th such crash in New York City this year alone. The accident happened on October 14th at the intersection of Cross Bay Boulevard and East 4th Road in the Broad Channel section of...
Fire at Office Building in Times Square Injures Three
Three workers were treated for relatively minor injuries after an "All Hands" fire at a high rise office building in Times Square late last month. The blaze began in the ductwork of the building and quickly spread-sending plumes of dark smoke billowing out of the...
Wrongful Conviction in New York City Overturned After 26 Years
A man is free after spending 26 years of his life in prison for a crime he didn't commit after a wrongful conviction in New York City court back in 1993. The man had been identified by witnesses as the trigger man in a deadly 1993 Bedford-Stuyvesant shooting that...
Neglect at NYCHA Complex May Contribute to Apartment Accidents in Brooklyn
In order to avoid potentially serious apartment complex accidents in Brooklyn, safety advocates enlisted the help of media outlets to shine light on darkness at a NYCHA facility in Cypress Hill.Residents had long been complaining about the lack of adequate lighting in...
Terrifying Dog Attack in New York City Leaves Toddler Severely Injured
A four-year-old girl was seriously injured in a dog attack in the Bronx earlier this month. The girl was allegedly mauled by a pit bull that had escaped from a fenced-in enclosure at a home on Huxley Road in Riverdale. Witnesses were able to pull the dog off the girl...
Bus Accident in New York City Ends with Vehicle Inside Deli
A terrifying bus accident in New York earlier this month left several people injured and at least one building in need of emergency repairs. Several passengers on a Nassau Inter-County Express bus were injured when the vehicle slammed into an SUV. The driver failed to...
Fatal Apartment Accident in Brooklyn Claims Life of Toddler
A two-year-old boy died late last month after falling out of a sixth-story window at an apartment complex in Brooklyn. This tragic apartment accident in New York City happened on September 25th around 11 AM at the Linden Plaza apartments on Eldert Lane in Brooklyn....
Bicyclist Critically Injured in New York City Truck Accident
A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being run over by a garbage truck in Gowanus earlier this month. The terrifying truck accident in New York City happened on September 9th around 10 PM at the intersection of 12th Street and Third Avenue. The victim...