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A Man is Hospitalized After Hit-and-Run in Harlem

in Accident Injuries, Accident News, Pedestrian Accidents

A man has been hospitalized in East Harlem after a hit-and-run accident left him injured. The incident occurred on April 6, 2018. A man was struck by a driver on Friday morning, according to police and fire officials. He was hit while in the intersection of East 97th Street and First Avenue, and it is said that the accident happened at about 8:30 in the morning. This information comes from an NYPD spokeswoman. The driver who hit the man fled the scene and has not yet been identified or apprehended. The victim suffered injuries and was taken from the scene to New...

08 April

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Child Knocked Unconscious After Being Hit By Falling Street Sign

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in Accident Injuries, Accident News, Accidents, Falling Objects

On April 4, 2018, a young child was knocked unconscious when a street sign fell and landed on his head. The child was only 6-years-old and was outside of Madison Square Garden when the incident happened. According to sources, the accident happened late on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred near 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue. The boy was unconscious when the paramedics got to the scene. He was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. He was reported to be in serious condition. This is a developing story. As more details on this incident are announced, we will keep you posted. This is the...

07 April

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What is the Role of a Personal Injury Lawyer?

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Personal injury lawyers are litigators who represent clients. These clients are usually referred to as plaintiffs. They represent clients who are claiming physical or psychological injury because of the negligent actions of another person or entity. Personal injury lawyers practice in an area of law that is called tort law. This area focuses on civic or private wrongs as well as monetary damages. Personal injury lawyers look at breaches of contracts and breaches of duty and whether or not this breach of duty led to harm to another person or group of people. Personal injury lawyers can focus in particular areas and...

07 April

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Construction Worker Dies after Hit-and-Run

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in Accident Injuries, Accident News, Pedestrian Accidents, Wrongful Death

A construction worker is dead 8 months after a hit-and-run accident in Queens. The victim was Lorenzo Anderson. He was hit in Queens, and the driver is still on the loss. The driver of the car was filming a music video at the time. He was driving a Mercedes on 36th Avenue near 12th Street. The accident occurred at 10:45 p.m. The driver of the year then ditched the Mercedes. Anderson, the victim, died in a Bronx nursing home on March 19. His brother, Ricky Anderson, said, “We want justice for my brother, he didn’t deserve to go out like this, no one...

07 April

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Construction Workers Honored on 10-Year Anniversary

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in Accident Injuries, Accident News, Construction Accidents, Crane Accidents, Wrongful Death

In March, six construction workers who died in a fatal crane collapse were honored at a 10-year-anniversary ceremony in Midtown. The families and friends of the six construction workers gathered together to mark the anniversary of the event and to remember and honor their loved ones. This accident occurred 10 years ago when the workers were at a construction site. A reverend at the ceremony said, “We are here today not for how our brothers died, but more importantly how our brothers lived and how our brothers loved.” The memorial occurred at the site where the accident happened at around E. 51st St....

07 April

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Construction Worker in Brooklyn Rescued

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in Accident Injuries, Accident News, Construction Accidents

In February, a rescue crew pulled a man to safety after a collapse happened at a construction site in Brooklyn. This happened in late February. The accident happened on the 4000 block of Rutland Road in the Wingate section at around 12:30 in the afternoon. According to the FDNY, a vacant 100-year-old building that was under deconstruction partially collapsed. The man was trapped under the debris, which buried him up to his waist. The man was trapped in the rubble under a beam. He was trapped for nearly an hour and a half. Officials say that the man was conscious when...

07 April

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Teen From Long Island Dead After Upstate Crash

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in Accident Injuries, Accident News, Wrongful Death

A high school teenager from Long Island was killed in a car accident that happened outside of Albany. The victim was 17-year-old Anthony Pagano. He was driving southbound on I-87 when the accident happened. Anthony was a baseball player from St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington, and he played varsity. Police say his car burst into flames and that he was pronounced dead at a local hospital from blunt force trauma to the head. He had a passenger in the car who was not injured. The death has been particularly hard on Pagano’s teammates. According to the baseball coach, John Phelan, the...

07 April

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4 People Have Been Injured In Brooklyn After Car Crashes Into Bus

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in Accident Injuries, Accident News, Bus Accidents, Vehicle Accidents

This story is breaking and so not much information is known about it as of now. We will update you further as more information is discovered and released. In New York City, four people were injured after a car slammed into an MTA bus. This incident happened in Brooklyn on Friday morning of April 6. The accident happened at around 7:30 in the morning near the intersection of Fenimore Street and Nostrand Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens in Brooklyn. If you were on one of the passengers in the bus and need legal help, please get in contact with us and we will...

07 April

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Update: Crash Near JFK Airport Killed Engaged Couple

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in Accident Injuries, Accident News, Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death

An update on the traffic multi-vehicle accident that occurred earlier this month is available. The accident was a forty five-car collision that happened near the JFK airport. A young couple, a man and a woman, who had recently become engaged, were killed in the car crash. The victims have been identified as Yisrael Levin, 21, who is the son of a Brooklyn rabbi, and Elisheva Basya Kaplan, 20, who is from Queens. They were a newly engaged couple. They were killed in the accident that happened on the Nassau Expressway. The two of them got engaged just one week ago and were planning...

07 April

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Update: Well-Known Chef Charged with Vehicular Manslaughter

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in Accident Injuries, Accident News, Vehicle Accidents, Wrongful Death

An update on a story we reported on earlier has been found. This story was about an accident in Cayuga County that led to one fatality. The driver who caused the accident was Stephen S. Landon, a 53-year-old man from Skaneateles. He has now been accused of driving while drunk. While doing so, he crashed into another car and killed a 25-year-old many from Auburn. The crash happened in early March. Landon is a well-known Chef from Central New York who has won many awards for his cooking. He was arrested and charged with two counts of vehicular assault as well as...

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