Category Archives: Auto Accidents
Study: Car Accidents Still Leader in Child Deaths, But Seatbelts Save Lives
Recent research published in the Journal of Pediatrics provides some eye-opening information on the rates of child deaths in auto accidents and the measures that can be used to prevent them. According to studies performed by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, the… Read More »
Man Arrested After Driving into Pedestrians in Times Square
Tourists and locals were stunned when a man sped his 2009 Honda Accord into a group of pedestrians in busy Times Square. An 18-year-old woman was killed and another 22 people were injured in the mayhem. The incident happened Thursday, May 18. The woman who died was a tourist from Portage, Michigan. The driver, meanwhile,… Read More »
Driver Charged with DWI After Injuring 3 in Staten Island Crash
A man has been charged with driving while intoxicated after getting into an accident that injured his two passengers. According to police, the 59-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle, striking a utility pole. The accident occurred at the intersection of Arden Avenue and Hylan Boulevard in the Staten Island neighborhood of Annadale at approximately… Read More »
Rochester Woman Dies After Accident on New York State Thruway
A woman from Rochester was killed and two others were injured in a car accident that occurred June 8 on the New York State Thruway in Lancaster. The 45-year-old woman, a professor at the University of Buffalo School of Nursing, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the New York State Police, the accident… Read More »
Man Arrested After Causing Wrong-Way Crash on Long Island Expressway
A man from Westchester County was arrested and subsequently charged with reckless endangerment and driving while intoxicated after allegedly causing a wrong-way crash on the Long Island expressway. The accident occurred in the early hours of Monday, May 22. According to police, the man entered the highway on an off-ramp in his 2007 Nissan Murano,… Read More »
Police Arrest Suspect Allegedly at Fault for Hit-and-Run Crash in Brentwood
Police in Long Island recently arrested a man suspected of causing a fatal hit-and-run accident in Brentwood in late March. The 54-year-old man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The accident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 24 on Washington Avenue. According to a Suffolk County Police Department… Read More »
Suffolk County Man Suffers Injuries After Driver Merges into Motorcycle
A man from Suffolk County sustained injuries after a Subaru sedan reportedly merged into his motorcycle on Route 347 in Smithtown, New York, on April 6. According to reports, a 30-year-old woman driving the sedan was attempting to switch from the center lane to the right lane when she moved into the path of a… Read More »
Police Officer Hospitalized After Accident During LIE Traffic Stop
A police officer from Suffolk who was making a routine traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway had to be hospitalized after a pickup truck reportedly rear-ended his vehicle. According to Suffolk County police, the officer was stopped along the right shoulder of the westbound section of the highway between exits 63 and 64 when… Read More »
Rabbi Hospitalized for Brain Injury After Hit-and-Run Accident
A 70-year-old rabbi suffered a serious head injury in an early December Long Island car accident involving a driver who left the scene without stopping. According to local law enforcement officers, the rabbi was walking across the street in front of the Young Israel Jewish Center in West Hempstead at approximately 7:30 p.m. when a… Read More »
Wrong-Way Accident in Brookhaven Kills 2, Injures 1
A wrong-way crash on Long Island led to the deaths of two drivers and critical injuries to a passenger. The accident reportedly occurred in the early morning hours of November 27 in the Suffolk County town of Brookhaven. According to law enforcement authorities, a 23-year-old man was driving his sedan the wrong way on Sunrise… Read More »