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Tragic Car Accident In Long Island Kills Five Teenagers
As The New York Post has reported extensively last week, four teenage best friends were killed in a Long Island car crash. Preliminary reports were that the parties involved were drag-racing at the...
View ArticleLawsuit Settled against Pittsburgh Zoo after Death of a 2-Year-Old
The New York Daily News reported that the parents of a 2-year-old boy, who fell into a wild African Painted Dog exhibit and was fatally mauled in 2012, have settled their lawsuit against the...
View ArticleBrooklyn Man Gets Crushed In Deadly Forklift Accident
The New York Daily News reported today that a man was killed when a forklift crushed a Brooklyn worker in a freak accident Tuesday night. Gustavo Tapia, 22, was killed while using a walk-behind...
View ArticleN.J. Woman Rear-Ended by Mail Truck Driver Who Was Eating a Sandwich
The New York Daily News reported that a United States Post truck driver distracted when eating a sandwich slammed into the back of a car in New Jersey sending its female driver to the hospital. Willard...
View ArticleNYPD Vehicle Brutally Strikes a Pedestrian
The New York Daily News reported today that a marked NYPD police car responding to a crime scene struck a teen girl in the Bronx early Saturday morning: Witnesses told the newspaper that the police...
View ArticleHit-and-Run Driver Arrested after Fatally Striking a Brooklyn Man
The New York Daily News reported that a 32-year-old man leaving a bar was fatally struck in a hit-and-run accident on June 29th. Mr. Bryan Loughran had just left a bar in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn and...
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NY Man Accidentally Hits Ex-Girlfriend in Fatal DWI Accident
The New York Post reported on July 29th that a Long Island man was allegedly under psychiatric evaluation after running over his ex-girlfriend while supposedly driving under the influence. Lawrence...
View ArticleTRAGIC CHILD DEATH IN CAR ACCIDENT
The Wall Street Journal reported today that a 10-year-old girl was killed and her pregnant mother was forced into labor when they were struck by a minivan in Brooklyn. The girl and her mother were hit...
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Drowsy Drivers and car accidents
Drowsy driving is a widespread issue among motorists in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), drowsy driving led to roughly 72,000 accidents,...
View ArticleBicycle accidents on the
A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted New York City bike-share programs and the problems that accompany them. Doctors say they are treating far more injuries, including traumatic ones,...
View ArticleBicycle & Pedestrian Accidents
The number of pedestrians and bicyclists involved in traffic- related fatalities nationwide has risen sharply in recent years, after decades of decline. Pedestrian deaths marked their biggest increase...
View ArticleSpeed Cameras in School Zone
The New York Times has recently reported that New York State and New York City officials have brokered a deal to reactivate speed cameras around New York City schools for the 2018 school year. In...
View Article20 Killed in Limo Crash in Upstate New York
A horrible tragedy occurred in Upstate New York in October. 20 people were killed and others injured when a limousine failed to stop at an intersection and lost control. 18 occupants of the limo were...
View ArticleNew York City Begins a Cutting Edge Program to Reduce Traffic Accidents &...
As part of a $25 million pilot program, 8,000 vehicles will be outfitted with special devices that can communicate with one another, as well as with roadside sensors, traffic signals and app-enabled...
View ArticleNew York City Traffic Deaths Set to Hit 100-Year Low
The number of annual traffic fatalities in New York City is on course to fall beneath 200 for the first time in a century, transportation officials say. The city’s Transportation Department has...
View ArticleNew York City Workplace Deaths Soared in 2017, Labor Report Says
Workplace deaths in New York City rose 55% in 2017, although fatalities in the construction industry remained flat, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report released in January 2018. In total,...
View ArticleMarijuana Use and Accident Statistics
Many anti-marijuana advocates argue legalizing cannabis would result in more traffic accidents and therefore more deaths. Pro-legalization advocates on the other hand claim alcohol causes many more...
View ArticleWrongful-Death Claims in New York City Hospitals (HHC)
Medical misconduct has killed 468 people in New York City’s 11 public hospitals in the past five years, their shattered families allege in wrongful-death claims. The city has paid out $34 million to 56...
View ArticleCan Social Media Posts Make Your Insurance Cost More?
In January, New York became the first state to provide guidance for how life insurers may use algorithms to comb through social media posts—as well as data such as credit scores and home-ownership...
View ArticleMayor DeBlasio Proposed New School Zone Speeding Laws
Mayor Bill de Blasio recently proposed that the state Legislature pass a new law to stiffen fines of reckless motorists repeatedly nabbed speeding through school zones. This proposal came after...
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