NEW YORK – An ambulance en route to the hospital was hit and overturned Friday morning, injuring three paramedics and their patient, a woman injured in a previous accident who died later, police said. Investigators said the ambulance stopped on Staten Island, a few blocks from where first responders picked up an injured pedestrian. Police … Read more
NEW YORK – A firefighter responding to a two-car accident in Manhattan was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when one of the vehicles moved unexpectedly, fell on top of the firefighter and crushed his leg, authorities say. The vehicle that fell on the FDNY member had been partially resting on another car stopped at a stoplight … Read more
NEW YORK – New York police have identified the mother who died after crashing her son at high speed on a scooter in Brooklyn. Winter King, 32, and her 6-year-old son were thrown from a scooter after colliding with a pickup truck. None were wearing protective helmets, police said. Authorities say the 32-year-old driver of … Read more
NEW YORK – Two men were struck to death after they clashed on the road during a possible road rage dispute, police said. The accident happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 84 in the city of Kent. Mark Hall, 38, and Fabian Tirado, 22, stopped in the right lane and got out of their … Read more
NEW YORK – Two police officers were injured after another car rammed them while responding to a call, sending their vehicle into a pole before it caught fire, authorities say. Fortunately, officers were not seriously injured in the crash, which occurred near 64th Street and Eighth Avenue in Brooklyn around 10:45 pm Sunday. According to … Read more
A 56-year-old worker from New Jersey died last week after falling eight stories from a New York City construction site with a history of safety problems, authorities said. Angel Pilataxi fell from a building around 10:20 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of Columbia Heights in Brooklyn Heights. A luxury apartment building is being built … Read more
NEW YORK – A Long Island police officer was struck by a vehicle Tuesday night while investigating an accident. There are few details about the incident, but a Suffolk County Police spokesman said the officer was run over in William Floyd Parkwaand, north of the Long Island Expressway, in Yaphank, shortly before midnight. The officer’s … Read more
NEW YORK – A two-year-old girl was killed Friday afternoon after being run over in the parking lot of a Staten Island supermarket, police announced. The uniformed officers responded to the supermarket Stop and Shop, located in Forest Avenue near Veltman Avenue, shortly before 2:00 pm, after receiving reports of a pedestrian who had been … Read more
NEW YORK – A 22-year-old woman died and three others, including her 3-year-old son, were injured in a head-on collision in Queens on Sunday. The woman and child were in the passenger seats when the father and driver appeared to have crossed the double yellow line at the bend in the Park Lane South road … Read more
NEW YORK – Authorities are investigating a fatal crash involving a helicopter that crashed Sunday afternoon in Orange County, the New York State Police announced. According to preliminary information from the Police, the uniformed officers responded to the accident, around 2:30 pm, which occurred on State Route 218 in the city of Cornwall. The helicopter … Read more