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Update: Driver of Mercedes Arrested After Crash
We are here with another update on the crash that injured at least eight people. This crash happened in Brooklyn on Friday night. The cops have arrested a drunk driver in connection with the incident. The incident left eight people hospitalized and at least two of those people had serious injuries. The man being charged is David Olivier, 27-years-old. He is facing drunk driving charges for the Friday night accident that involved three vehicles and injured pedestrians, too. He was driving his Mercedes and speeding down Flatbush Avenue when the accident occurred. Officials say he rear-ended a 2015 BMW, and then he went further out of control and drove on a sidewalk, slamming into four men. Medics took the four pedestrians to Kings County Hospital. Two of them were critically injured. They were 17 and 21-years-old and suffered head wounds. Olivier also injured two other motorists. They were women aged
MTA Officer Going to Trial for Striking Pedestrian
An MTA Bridges and Tunnels officer is going to trial after being indicted for allegedly striking a pedestrian while on duty and then dropping him off in Staten Island. His court date is set for May. The hearings are being held for Lawrence Ffrench, a 43-year-old, who is being held without bail. He has been appearing in court since June 2017 for the alleged hit and run incident. He is being accused of striking a 41-year-old man near the corner of 92nd Street and Gatling Place. The man was thrown in the air and sustained serious injuries. Ffrench was an MTA officer who was on-duty at the time. It is alleged that he then picked up the victim and put him in the back of his MTA vehicle. From there it is said he took him to Staten Island and dropped the victim off on a small access road. Were you
RTS Bus Passengers Seriously Injured in Crash
Passengers who were on an RTS bus suffered from minor injuries after an SUV crashed into the bus. This accident happened at the corner of Plymouth and Allen and happened on Saturday. The Rochester Police Department responded to the area of Plymouth Avenue and Allen Street at around 7 in the morning. They found a dark SUV that had failed to stop and had struck the northbound bus. Multiple people who were passengers on the bus reported having minor injuries. Four people had to be transported to the hospital after the accident. The driver of the SUV fled the scene. The investigation is still ongoing. It is not known if police have any suspects. If this story gets updated, we will let you know. Have you been injured while you were a passenger on a bus? Was the accident caused by the driver of another vehicle? If so, you could
Mercedes Hits Four People After Jumping a Curb in Brooklyn
In Flatbush on Friday, a Mercedes jumped the car and ran over four pedestrians. This led to two of them being critically injured. This information comes from authorities and witnesses. The driver of a silver Mercedes is expected to be charged for the accident. According to witnesses, the accident was a three-car, chain-reaction crash. It happened at Farragut Road and Flatbush Avenue at 8:45 at night. Witnesses say that the people on the sidewalk didn’t have to time to turnaround as the car was coming towards them. Authorities say that four pedestrians were taken to Kings County Hospital and four people who had been in their cars were taken to Maimonides Medical Center. Have you been injured in a car accident? Were you hit by a vehicle while walking on the street? If you have been in a serious accident that was caused by the negligent actions of another
Three People Injured in Brooklyn by Falling Scaffolding
On Saturday, April 14, a falling scaffolding that encircled a Brooklyn Heights building came crashing down. This resulted in injury to three people who were walking by. This information comes from officials who were at the scene at the time. The scaffolding was in the process of being taken down when it fell outside of a Starbucks coffee shop near the entrance to the Borough Hall train station. This is at the corner of Court and Joralemon Sts. The incident happened at around 11 in the morning. The beams took out a corner traffic signal as they were falling and then hit three people, officials from the FDNY said. The injuries are said to be minor. Two of the victims were taken to New York Methodist Hospital for treatment. If more information about this story becomes available we will keep you updated. Were you injured in an accident that involved
Update: More Details on Whitesboro Crash that Killed Police Officer Kevin Crossley
Continuing the updates on the Whitesboro crash that claimed the life of Officer Kevin Crossley, the Whitesboro Police Department has now held their joint news conference. The conference happened at state police barracks in Marcy and was done to give more information on the crash. New York State Police and the Whitesboro Police Department held the conference together. Crossley was traveling east on Oriskany Boulevard when the accident occurred. A vehicle being driven by Nicole Moshier-Harris of Whitesboro was heading westbound. SHe attempted to turn left onto Westmoreland Street, and her vehicle hit Crossley’s patrol car. The area where the crash happened was a 40 mph zone, and it is still unclear how fast both of the vehicles were going at the time of the accident. It is believed that both vehicles had a green light at the time they were entering the intersection. It appears that both the eastbound