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A grandmother and her granddaughter were nearly killed in a car accident, on Tuesday, when a tractor-trailer fell from an elevated highway and crashed down in front of their car, hitting the hood.The woman was traveling westbound on the Staten Island Expressway with her one-year-old granddaughter, when the truck tumbled off the highway above them. Hearing a very loud sound, the grandmother...

A car accident, Wednesday, claimed the lives of three men when the vehicle they were traveling in plunged into a canal.The accident happened when the driver missed a turn, drove through a field of grass and landed in a canal at 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, according to a police spokeswoman.Three people were killed in the accident, including two brothers - Jesse, 21, of New York, Jorge, 29, of Cape...

New York State Police are investigating a fatal car accident that happened Tuesday night, on the corner of 441 and West Walworth Road in Walworth, Wayne County.Police say, the driver, 37, of Williamson, lost control of his vehicle and crashed into an embankment. He was thrown from his SUV and pronounced dead at the scene.Police are still investigating the cause of the crash, but it appears speed...

A horrific car accident claimed the lives of five cheerleaders on Tuesday night after their SUV swerved into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on with a tractor-trailer.The accident occurred only five days after Fairport High School celebrated its graduation. The five girls, cheerleaders, were among the graduating class.The girls were traveling on a two lane highway while being followed by...

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 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 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...

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.

One person killed and 1-90 West was closed by a multi-car crash on Thursday.Investigators are still trying to piece together the scene of a major accident near Buffalo, New York. Over 50 vehicles were reported involved in the pile up - many were tractor trailers. One person was killed.No word yet as to what may have caused the accident.

An accident that occurred during the Wednesday morning commute ended with the amazing sight of a small car wedged beneath a tractor trailer when it spun out. The accident happened on I-90 East/1-190 North connector ramp.More amazing then the accident itself is that the man in the car had only minor injuries. He was transported to the hospital and expected to be Ok.

Icy road conditions attributed to a head-on car crash Monday morning, the predicted winter storm was mainly rainy day in much of the region. The crash left a woman in critical condition.State Police at Cobleskill said a 1999 Mercury sedan driven by Alexandria M. Richards, slid into the oncoming path of a milk tanker, driven by Dale Spaulding, on Route 10. Troopers said the southbound tanker hit...