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New York Train Accident Victim Wins Award

Posted on February 27, 2009

New York City Bus Accident Injures 10

Posted on February 25, 2009
An auto accident in Brooklyn involving a New York City bus has injured 10 people ? one of them seriously. According to this recent Associated Press report, the injury crash happened January 20, 2009 at the street intersection of 49th Street and 14th Avenue...

New York Delivery Truck Accident Kills 2 Children

Posted on February 23, 2009
Hayley Ng, 4, and Diego Martinez, 3, died in a Manhattan auto versus pedestrian accident that occurred when an unoccupied delivery van hit a group of children, reports The Blade in a recent article. A third child was seriously injured and 14 other children were hospitalized with minor injuries, police said...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed By Parents Of Auto Victim

Posted on February 20, 2009
The parents of a New Jersey man killed nearly two years ago have filed a lawsuit against the driver of the vehicle, The Star-Ledger reports. The plaintiffs, Norma Jean and John Grieves, alleged that driver Adam Gibbon was ?careless and negligent? when he wrecked his Audi S4 on March 13, 2007 on a road in Washington Township...

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Staten Island Sanitation Worker Suffers Foot Injuries On the Job

Posted on February 18, 2009
A worker was seriously injured at Staten Island?s Fresh Kills landfill after a bulldozer ran over his legs. According to this news report, 61-year-old Charles Kish was airlifted to a local hospital by a medical helicopter. Kish reportedly suffered serious toe damage to his left foot and a laceration to his right leg...

Bill Seeks Ban on Electronic Devices by Train Operators

Posted on February 16, 2009
A bill sponsored by New Jersey Democratic Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan seeks to ban train conductors and bus drivers from text messaging or sending e-mails when their vehicles are moving. According to this news report, only emergency electronic communication would be allowed under this particular bill...

Worker Suffers Broken Leg in New York Construction Accident

Posted on February 13, 2009
A New York City construction worker suffered a broken leg in an on-the-job accident that occurred at a toxic ground zero tower where two firefighters were killed more than a year ago. According to this Associated Press news report, the accident happened at the basement level of the former Deutsche Bank tower, where the workers were removing debris...

Clarence New York Plane Crash Tragically Kills 50

Posted on February 13, 2009
A commuter plane ? Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J. -- missed the Buffalo airport coming in for a landing and crashed into a suburban house in a fiery crash. According to this Associated Press news report, 49 people aboard and one person in the home were killed in this nation?s first deadly crash of a commercial airliner since 2006...

Defective Play Yards Create Fall and Entrapment Hazard

Posted on February 09, 2009
Fisher-Price is recalling about 200,000 Simplicity Rainforest portable play yards after they received numerous complaints of rails collapsing and creating a fall and entrapment hazard to young children. According to this news report, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Fisher-Price is voluntarily recalling these defective products although it did not manufacture them...

Dodge Ram Trucks Recalled For Defective Steering

Posted on February 06, 2009
Chrysler is recalling about 33,000 model year 2009-09 Dodge Ram 2500, 3500 and 3500 cab chassis pickup trucks, according to a recent report in Consumeraffairs.com. The recall involves these Dodge trucks which are equipped with a steering linkage from the supplier, Powers and Sons...

Staten Island Drunk Driver Causes Injury Crash

Posted on February 03, 2009
A woman suffered severe injuries after a drunk driver reportedly crashed into her car and then narrowly missed colliding head-on with a police cruiser in Staten Island. According to this news report , Anthony Gentner, 21, is being charged with felony reckless endangerment and other counts in the police chase which began on the Martin Luther King Expressway and ended at the College of Staten Island in Willowbrook...

Family of Wal-Mart Worker Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on January 26, 2009
The family of a Wal-Mart employee, who was trampled to death inside a New York store during a post Thanksgiving sale, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the major retailer. According to this CNN news report, 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour was crushed as he and other employees tried to unlock the doors of the Wal-Mart at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, New York, the day after Thanksgiving...

Defective Cooper Tires Recalled for Possible Tread Separation

Posted on January 23, 2009
Cooper Tire is recalling its defective CS4 Touring (VR) tires because the tire treads can separate causing a loss of vehicle control and a crash. According to this news report, the faulty tires may have been cured for an inadequate amount of time, which can lead to the tire tread separation...

Woman Sues Plaxico Burress In Connection with Florida Auto Accident

Posted on January 19, 2009
A 27-year-old woman has filed a lawsuit against New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress alleging that he is responsible for a Florida car crash in May that left her with neck and back injuries. According to this news report, Alise Smith?s lawsuit states Burress rear-ended her vehicle on Florida?s Turnpike in Tamarac...

US Airways Plane Crashes Into Hudson River

Posted on January 15, 2009
Full details have yet to be confirmed, but it appears that another New York airplane accident has occurred, this time just outside of Manhattan. A US Airways plane crashed into the Hudson River today, January 15th. There were no initial reports of deaths or serious injuries...

General Motors SUVs Recalled for Defective Seat Belts

Posted on January 14, 2009
General Motors has recalled about 16,000 of its 2009 models of its Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook because of a problem with the rear seat belt buckle assembly. According to this report, the sport utility vehicles may have been built with a safety buckle in the second or third row that is missing a rivet...

New York Fire Truck versus Bus Crash Injures 30

Posted on January 11, 2009
A New York City Fire Department truck crashed into a city bus when it was responding to an emergency, injuring 30 people. According to this United Press International news report, the December 16, 2008 NY bus accident occurred when the fire truck was speeding to a car fire Tuesday and crashed into B15 bus...

Defective High Chairs Cause Numerous Injuries among Children

Posted on January 07, 2009
Evenflo is recalling close to 95,000 Majestic high chairs because these products pose a hazard to children when some of the parts come loose and seat backs fall off. According to this Associated Press news report, there have been a number of reports of injuries among children who were placed on these defective chairs ? from broken bones to head injuries...

Settlement in New York Workplace Discrimination Lawsuit

Posted on January 03, 2009
A former NASCAR official has agreed to a confidential settlement in connection with a $225-million racial discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit she filed against her former employer. According to this Associated Press news report, Maurica Grant is happy with the settlement whose terms were not disclosed...

Mechanical Problems May Have Caused New Jersey Aviation Accident

Posted on December 27, 2008
Jason Snyder, 33, and his 34-year-old Jennifer Snyder, were critically injured after their Beechcraft Sundowner Model 23 airplane crashed in Linden, New Jersey, on December 21, 2008. According to this news report, the aircraft went down near Linden Avenue and Pleasant Street...

Woman Charged in DWI Accident That Killed Man in Wheelchair

Posted on December 22, 2008
A 24-year-old New York woman has been indicted in the hit-and-run death of 51-year-old Ranford Beckford, the New York Newsday reports. Police say Lauren Dean was driving drunk when she hit Beckford?s motorized wheelchair in Coram. New York. Dean then reportedly fled the scene of the New York auto accident...

Manhattan Construction Accident Seriously Injures Worker

Posted on December 18, 2008
Four construction workers were injured ? one seriously ? during a pre-dawn excavation accident at a building side in midtown Manhattan, according to this Newsday report. The injuries occurred after a ?structural collapse? on West 42nd Street on December 11, 2008...

Did Defective Seatbelt Cause Ejection from Car during Fatal Crash?

Posted on November 19, 2008
Man Ejected from Car during Crash Killed on Staten Island Expressway A 52-year-old man reportedly died of injuries he suffered during an auto accident on November 25, 2008 on the Staten Island Expressway. According to this news report, the victim, who has not yet been identified, was taken to an area hospital after the car he was a passenger in careened into a guardrail on the Staten Island Expressway near its merge with the West Shore Expressway...

Staten Island Hit-and-Run Accident Kills Man

Posted on November 17, 2008
Antonio Romano, 55, died in a Staten Island pedestrian hit-and-run accident on November 3, 2008, the Staten Island Advance reports. Romano was found about 20 feet in front of his black 2008 Honda Accord on North Railroad Avenue near the intersection of Atlantic Avenue...

New York Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash

Posted on November 13, 2008
Casey G. Mehlinger, 47, of Shirley, New York, died in a motorcycle accident in Upper Tulpehocken Township on November 28, 2008. According to this article, Mehlinger was riding his motorcycle along Bloody Spring Road near Route 183 when his motorcycle crossed the westbound lane, left the road and hit a tree...

Defective IKEA Roman Blinds Recalled for Strangulation Hazard

Posted on November 11, 2008
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled about 670,000 of IKEA?s defective IRIS and ALVINE Roman blinds because of a strangulation hazard for young children. According to this CPSC alert, young children can get strangulated when they place their neck in an exposed inner cord on the backside of the defective blinds...

Honda Recalls Vehicles for Defective Airbags

Posted on November 07, 2008
Honda is recalling about 4,000 of its model year 2001 Accord and Civic vehicles for airbag defects, according to this news report. The driver?s side airbag inflator could produce excessive internal pressure, possibly causing the airbag to rupture when it deploys during an auto accident...

Henrietta Auto Accident Inflicts Fatal Injuries

Posted on November 05, 2008
An 82-year-old woman has died from injuries she suffered in a Nov. 7 chain reaction car accident in Henrietta that injured several people, according to this news report. Sally Erwin died on November 22, 2008. The incident reportedly occurred on East Henrietta Road when a vehicle rear-ended a second car, which was then pushed into the oncoming lane hitting a third car...

Farmingdale Head-on DUI Collision Kills Student

Posted on November 03, 2008
Jason Shein, 21, was killed in a Farmingdale head-on collision which officials say was caused by a suspected drunk driver. Persi Esquivel, 46, has been arrested on manslaughter and 11 other charges. According to a news report in Newsday, Esquivel lost control of his 2000 Ford Explorer, crossed the double yellow line and slammed his SUV head-on into Shein?s 1998 Chrysler Sebring convertible...

Deadly DWI Crash Leaves Teenager as Suspect

Posted on October 30, 2008
An Avon teenager had pleaded not guilty in a deadly DWI truck accident in New York that killed a 16-year-old boy in October. Aaron Boop, 19, faces four felonies and three misdemeanors including vehicular manslaughter and DWI charges, according to this news report...

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