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A man was charged with vehicular assault in a car accident, Thursday, when his car struck a motorcycle operated by an off-duty New York City police officer. The officer sustained critical injuries in the accident, police said.The man, 29, of River Vale, was drunk when his vehicle hit the rear of the motorcycle, police said.The off-duty officer, 27, of West Nyack, suffered severe leg, back and...

A subway in Brooklyn station, struck two transit workers, killing one in a construction accident. This is the second fatality involving a subway worker in less than a week.The accident happened at around 4:10 pm on the northbound track of the G train. One of the workers was found dead under the train. He was dragged half the length of the station, the authorities said. The second worker was...

A Brooklyn woman, 60, was killed when a car pinned her to a wall in a fatal car accident, police said.The woman, of Flatbush, was hit at approximately 2:30pm when a traffic light at Clarendon Road and New York Avenue that was stuck on red, prompting the driver to continue through the intersection.For a stop light to be malfunctioned with drivers being reckless, it's a recipe for danger and the...

Police believe a driver with a pre-existing medical condition may be to blame in a fatal car accident that occurred on Monday afternoon.Police say the woman was traveling north on Joseph Avenue when she crashed into a car that was stopped at a red light. The woman then swerved into oncoming traffic colliding with a truck and a parked car. The woman was transported to the hospital where she later...

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in New York State Supreme Court by the parents of a Blauvelt man who was killed two years ago by a CSX freight train.In June, 2005, Christopher, 21, was killed when his vehicle collided with a freight train at the Erie Street crossing. The family's lawyer contends he was likely blinded by the early morning sun glare and could not see or hear that the train...

A Buffalo man is dead and his wife has been critically injured, in a car accident on Monday, when their car crossed the median on Interstate 90 in Ohio and crashed head-on into an oncoming tractor trailer.The man was pronounced dead at the scene, said the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The accident occurred in Ashtabula County, near Cleveland and Erie, Pennsylvania. His wife was transported to...

Following a deadly construction accident, local and federal inspectors are continuing to investigate as to what caused a 2-ton concrete slab to crash through five stories of a building, killing a construction worker."Until we have determined what actually led to the collapse of the floor plank, I can't make that determination (if the building is secure)," said John Meyer, commissioner of the...

The families of Tyler Stranger and Cory Lidle have filed a wrongful death suit against the maker of the plane that they were flying when it crashed into a New York high rise last year.Lidle's wife's attorney, issued a statement saying attorneys for Stranger and Lidle had filed the lawsuits against Cirrus Design Corp, the maker of the airplane in California.The lawsuit alleges product liability,...

A 56-year-old man was killed in a car crash Wednesday, on Sprain Brook Parkway, say New York State Police.Police say, at 4pm, a car heading north on the Parkway lost control of the vehicle and crossed the center divider, the crashed with three vehicles going south.The man died at the scene of the accident and three others were injured in the crash. Police are still investigating the cause of the...

After being hit by a car on Tuesday, a four-year-old boy has died, police said.Police were called to the scene at 3:30pm. The boy was transported to Methodist Hospital, in Brooklyn, where he died. The accident was not a hit-and-run. Officials are still investigating.