A Domino Accident

At around 7:45pm Tuesday, a 15-passenger van, driven by a black male, was seen speeding down Brooklyn Ave. upon its approach to Empire Blvd. the van for some unknown reason, rear ended a parked Mini-van, mangling its back and blowing out two of its windows sending it flying into the next parked car, a smaller white sedan, which from the force of the impact it went flying across the intersection straight into a traffic signal pole.

Baruch Hashem no one was hurt, but from an eyewitness account there was an 11 year old child standing at the corner where the car impacted, and if not for the pole it would have rode right up unto to sidewalk.

The 15 passenger van appeared to have sustained very little damage compared to 2 other vehicles, which appear to have both been owned by Jewish residents of the community.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

13 Comments

  • Concerned Resident

    Baruch Hashem for the pole, who knows what would have happened had the pole not been there, the car could have just continued going, hitting a bunch of people R.L.

    <b>That is a real crazy accident!!!!!!</b>

  • Moshe

    In addition to crime incidents, there appear to be more traffic incidents as well, often caused by speeding drivers.
    Brooklyn Avenue speeding is becoming a pastime as well as on the east-west streets.

    Petition City Council Member Letitia James and Mayor Bloomberg to place speed bumps on some of the side streets adjoining Kingston. That might be a start.

    Call Mayor Bloomberg at 311. Call the City Council Member at (718)260-9191.

  • *chavi

    to vB

    Does it look like the van was damaged?
    It’s a different story if you don’t read the article, but at least look at the pictures.

  • to *chavi

    Was the 15 passenger van damaged?
    It is not mentioned in the article, and it is unclear from the pictures too.

  • let-s think

    to chavi:

    maybe vB is reffering to the 15 passenger van. has that occured to you?

  • Slow Down

    To Moshe,
    Speed bumps are dangerous for emergency vehicles rushing to respond to emergencies. Imagine if Hatzalah ambulances and volunteers had to slow down to 10 mph on every side street. Police with radar detectors or speed cameras and consistency.

  • chaya

    i live on empire and it wouldve been very scary to have a truck run into the houses. thank G-d for the pole!

  • Moishy Goldstein

    Hi, I’m the one who took the pictures.

    some of you were asking about the 15 passenger; Nothing at all happened to it, (maybe some minor scraches).

  • *chavi

    to let-s think and ‘to *chavi’

    well, he/she/it could have been more specific as to what vehicle they were refering to, eh? but hey it’s nice of you to stick up for them. :-)

  • Moshe

    To "Slow Down:" speed bumps may in fact slow down an ambulance, but they are used throughout the USA as an effective deterent to illegal speeding. I don’t know if they ever hindered an ambulance’s ability to get to a hospital, but at least we have a dialogue on a substantive issue. A lot better than the hysterics we usually see on these blogs.