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A recent study conducted by Bolt Insurance Agency sheds light on slip and fall accidents across the country. According to data, there are over 9 million slip and fall accident related visits to hospital and emergency rooms each year. That makes it the number one...
City residents, especially those with school-aged children, may be shocked to learn that the City's public school buses aren't as safe as they seem. In fact, statistics from the 2011-2012 school year show that New York City school buses were involved in 1,700...
A 33-year old construction worker was hospitalized after the walls of a trench in which he was standing collapsed in upon him. The unnamed individual suffered significant injuries (which the FDNY first responders said were "serious") and was taken to Kings County...
Taxi cabs pose a significant danger to New Yorkers both on the street and off. In recent article in the New York Post, Maureen Callahan focused on taxi accidents in New York and showcased the danger these iconic vehicles pose for New Yorkers and even those visiting...
Citi Bike, the bike rental service that launched earlier this year, has somewhere around 30,000 annual members who have logged over 270,000 miles on the rented bicycles. It sounds like a great thing for New York, until you learn about the Citi Bike accidents and their...
District Judge Shira Scheindlin says that the New York Police Department's policy of Stop and Frisk violates civil rights afforded to American citizens and that the policy is essentially "indirect racial profiling." The controversial policy has been lauded by Mayor...
In a bizarre motorcycle accident early Sunday morning (8/11/13), a 50-year old pedestrian was killed while cross the street in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens. The accident occurred at roughly 4 in the morning when the man attempted to cross Queens Boulevard,...
The 149 passengers onboard Southwest Airlines flight 345 had no idea anything was wrong as their Boeing 737 descended toward the tarmac on Monday, July 22nd. Seconds from the safety of solid ground, the plane crash landed, the nose gear smashing up through the...
A tragic construction accident on Governor's Island claimed the life of a 55-year old New Yorker and injured two more men last month. The fatally injured man was working for Bedford Construction at the time, rebuilding a section of the seawall on the island when a...
A recent nationwide poll conducted by Liberty Mutual Insurance (in partnership with Students Against Drunk Driving-S.A.D.D.) discovered that than 90% of drivers on the road are distracted at any given time. The vast majority of those distractions come from cellphone...