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Update on DOT Worker Who Was Killed After Being Struck by a Car

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We are bringing you an update on a story we talked about earlier last week. A city Department of Transportation electrification was killed when a driver struck him. He had been working on the Hutchinson River Parkway when the accident occurred, according to police as well as witnesses at the scene. The victim was George Staab of Long Island. He was 57-years-old at the time of the incident. He was getting out of a vehicle parked on the side of the road just south of the Hutchinson River Parkway Bridge. This happened at around 10:30 in the morning. A driver lost control...

10 April

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Firefighters Pull a Body from a Burning Bronx Home, Cops Believe Fire was Suspicious

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Fire officials have pulled a body that was inside a Bronx home that was on fire. This happened on Monday. Fire police have said they think the fire is suspicious. Firefighters rushed to the home that was located on Freeman Street in Morrisania. They found that flames had completely engulfed the first floor of this three-story house. The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Russell Henry. Firefighters said they rushed to the Freeman Street home at 11:30 at night. The victim was dead on arrival, and no other injuries in the fire have been reported. It is still unclear what started the fire. Have you...

09 April

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Update: Officials Think Trump Tower Fire Might Have Been an Accident

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Fire officials have been trying to determine what caused the fatal fire that happened at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. FDNY fire marshals have been looking through evidence. They are gathering the evidence from a Trump Tower apartment, and they do not think the fire was started intentionally. Investigators are focusing on the 50th-floor apartment where Todd Brassner lived. Brassner, a 67-year-old art dealer, died in the fire that happened on Saturday night. The apartment became engulfed in flames at around 5:30 in the evening. It has also been reported that the apartment did not have sprinklers and that this fact contributed to the...

09 April

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Helicopter Pilots Were Warned of Safety Problems Months Before Fatal Crash

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Another update on the East River helicopter crash has become available. This update occurred on April 7, 2018. This tragic accident led to the death of five passengers aboard a sightseeing helicopter in NYC. The only survivor of the crash was the pilot, but all other people on board died after the helicopter crashed into the East River. According to sources, for months before the incident, pilots for the company that operated the flight had been warning their bosses about hazardous conditions. These hazardous conditions included equipment that would make escape difficult. The pilots had requested better safety gear. One pilot even made...

09 April

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Investigation Finds Buffalo Officer Did Not Have Sirens On When He Struck Pedestrian

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This story is an update on a story we reported on last week. An officer who hit and killed a pedestrian was found to not be driving with emergency lights or sirens on when the incident happened. This information comes from the Buffalo Police, and the information was released last Thursday morning. The victim was 64-year-old Susan Lotempio. Lotempio was taking a morning walk near Hertel Avenue and Tennyson Avenue when she was hit by the police car. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The officer involved is Officer Daniel Ahearn. He is said to be cooperating with the investigators. New York State...

09 April

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2-Vehicle Crash Being Investigated in Hudson Valley

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In Hillsdale, New York, State Police are investigating a fatal car crash that happened on Route 22. Troopers were sent to the scene at around 1:10 in the afternoon on Saturday, April 7. The incident happened near Sawyer Road in the Town of Hillsdale. They responded after hearing a report of a vehicle crash with a person trapped inside Police arrived and found the vehicle which had been driven by 69-year-old Gus Segschneider has been traveling north on Route 22. A second car was being driven by a 75-year-old woman from Massachusetts and crossed over the double yellow line. Her car hit...

09 April

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Update on Drunk Driver in Crash that Killed Two Near JFK Airport

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An update is available on a story we have reported on a few times. This tragic accident claimed the lives of two victims who were a nearly engaged couple. This update is about one of the drunk drivers who caused the accident. This accident happened near the JFK airport. A drunk driver involved in the accident, Zakiyyah Steward, was reportedly kept out of jail after she was involved in a burglary spree. A judge involved in sentencing her for her burglary spree made the decision to keep her out of jail. Steward was indicted in March 2017 for breaking into a cafe where...

08 April

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Person Hit and Killed by Train While Walking Along Tracks

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A person who was walking along the train tracks in Beacon was hit by a train and killed. This information comes from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police. The police said that an unauthorized person was walking south of the Metro-North station around 12:30 in the afternoon. They were hit by a train that was headed north. Police report that trains were diverted and at least one train had to be canceled. There was some confusion for train passengers over the train schedule and some were left in their cars waiting. According to MTA Police Captain Jennifer Kelly, there hasn’t been a fatal accident on...

08 April

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NYC DOT Worker Killed After Being Struck by Car

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On April 4th, a New York City Department of Transportation worker was hit by a car on that Wednesday morning. The accident led to the man’s death. This incident occurred in the Bronx. According to sources, the accident happened at around 10:30 in the morning off the southbound Hutchinson River Parkway near Exit 5 in Baychester. The victim was George Staab, a 57-year-old many from Shirley. He was taken to nearby Jacobi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Mayor Bill de Blasio had this to say about the accident, “A very sad report that one of our DOT electricians was struck and...

08 April

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Man in Astoria Fatally Struck by R Train

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On Sunday morning, the Steinway St. station in Astoria was blocked off after a man was hit by a train. It appears that man jumped in front of a Queens subway and was fatally hit by the train on Sunday morning. This information comes from officials who were on the scene. The train was a Manhattan-bound R train that was inside the Steinway St. station, and it is said that the incident occurred at around 9:55 in the morning. The operator of the train saw the man on the tracks as the train was pulling into the station, but, despite trying, he was not...

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