A 29-year-old New York man who drove his high-priced Porsche into the rear of a parked bus in Queens is being held in prison under a suicide watch as he awaits a hearing on DWI and vehicular manslaughter charges. After leaving a bar where he admitted to drinking six...
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Year: 2015
Families of bus accident victims may have wrongful death claims
Red flags went up for New York City traffic officials in November when public transit buses killed four pedestrians who were crossing the street in four separate accidents that month. In 2014, there were eight pedestrian deaths during the year from transit buses. In...
Wrongful death and injury claims may increase NYC traffic safety
Transportation Alternatives is a watchdog group that follows the prosecutorial practices of New York City authorities against reckless and dangerous drivers who cause serious physical injury and death to pedestrians and bicyclists in the city. TA has issued a recent...
Fatal accident claims the life of New York woman
The change to standard time on Nov. 1 may have impacted more than just our sleep patterns. The Chief of the New York Police Department Transportation Bureau has speculated that it may have had something to do with the recent increase of fatal accident occurrences in...
Driver kills 1, injures 11 in Thanksgiving night fatal accident
It is always distressing to see the senseless human tragedy that is caused by a reckless motorist who runs amok for no apparent reason. In those rare occurrences, the motor vehicle may become as dangerous a weapon as a rapid-fire gun. The perpetrator can run up a toll...
Has your life been devastated by a drunk driver in New York?
When a loved one walks out the door and gets behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, no one expects that it will be for the last time. Sadly, the negligence and recklessness of other New York motorists sometimes causes accidents that result in tragedy. When the allegedly...
Fatal Pedestrian accident adds to mounting toll involving buses
Despite New York City's spiked-up efforts to make the city's streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, there have been three fatal accidents in one recent week alone in which a bus struck and killed a pedestrian. The third pedestrian accident involving a bus...
3 killed, 3 injured in fatal accident on Halloween night
For two families in the Bronx, Halloween may bring real nightmares for years to come. A tragic and horrific fatal accident occurred when a car jumped a curb on Morris Park Avenue and killed three people who were involved in trick-or-treating at about 5 p.m. on Oct....
Cop who drove in fatal accident faces charges
A post from March concerned a tragic car accident in which three Linden police officers and a friend were in a car that was heading in the wrong direction on the West Shore Expressway when it crashed, killing two of the occupants. The operator of the car in that fatal...
Man incurs pedestrian injury in 12-foot fall down cellar opening
There are some kinds of accidents in New York City that don't involve motor vehicles, but because they may be caused by negligence, the injured victims may be entitled to claim personal injury compensation. One of the more prominent areas of pedestrian injury involves...