Cops Crash En Route to Emergency
A police cruiser was involved in a accident while responding to an emergency, the officers along with the driver of the second vehicle were injured.
A police cruiser was involved in a accident while responding to an emergency, the officers along with the driver of the second vehicle were injured.
CROWN HEIGHTS — A 9-year-old child was critically injured in an early Shabbos morning accident in the intersection of Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway. EMS treated the boy and Hatzalahs assistance was not needed and according to DNAinfo he is currently listed in critical condition in Kings County Hospital.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Bochur was hit by a speeding minivan in front of Chovevei Torah, he was thrown over thirty feet and sustained serious injuries. U/D 4:50pm: Yeshiva administration notified us that B”H the Bochur is stable and doing ok.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A collision between a speeding car and a mini school bus resulted in the injury of 7 children along with both drivers. A ‘mass casualty incident’ was declared by emergency medical personnel, and the victims were all transported to a local hospital.
CROWN HEIGHTS — Late Monday night a car traveling at a high rate of speed collided with a parked car and force of the impact damaged two others as well. Eyewitnesses saw the driver and a female passenger flee, only to later return with an absurd story.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A motorist, driving while taking hits from a bottle of vodka, rear-ended a minivan loaded with four passengers earlier tonight and injuring them. Adding insult to injury, one police officer saw it fit to issue the minivan a parking violation for ‘blocking a crosswalk’.
Two cars collided on the corner of Kingston Ave. and Crown St., after one of them ran through a red light.
Two vehicles collided on Eastern Parkway, after one blew through a red light, injuring a number of passengers. UPDATE: One driver charged with driving while intoxicated.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An elderly Jewish woman was struck down by a livery cab as she attempted to cross Albany Avenue.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A pedestrian crossing the street was struck and injured by a vehicle making a left turn onto Empire Boulevard. Hatzalah was on scene within moments of the incident.
A frightening, but boruch Hashem non-serious, accident occurred this afternoon in the heart of Crown Heights during the hectic hours of Shabbos shopping. A flat-bed truck driving up Kingston Ave. made a left turn onto Crown St., without noticing that a vehicle was being crushed on his left side as he did so.
A Lexus SUV and a Dodge minivan collided on the corner of Kingston Ave. and Carroll St. at around 5:30pm today. The accident occurred after one of the drivers took a red light, but it is unclear which.
An off-duty female police officer crashed her motorcycle into a car on the corner of Rochester Ave. and President St. She sustained near-fatal injuries and was transported to Kings County Hospital in critical condition.
A Beis Rivka school bus filled with children on their way to school this morning sideswiped a garbage truck as they were traveling alongside each other on Eastern Parkway. Thankfully no one was injured and neither vehicle sustained significant damage. Hatzalah was summoned as a precaution and ensured that all the children were okay.
A street food vendor on his way to work suffered an odd mishap when he ‘lost’ his food cart on Easter Parkway this morning. The upended cart spilled grease, oil and other cooking supplies all over the roadway.
CATSKILL MOUNTAIN REGION [CHI] — Unfortunately, this year’s first visiting day was not only marked with excited children greeting their parents. Thankfully and miraculously, those other incidents did not turn out grimmer.
About an hour ago a black Mercedes, driven by an African-American male, was speeding at almost 100 MPH down Carroll St. toward New York Ave., as if it were the NASCAR race track. Sure enough, the vehicle lost control and crashed into a Lincoln ‘livery cab’ driven by a Hispanic male, which went crashing into the yard of an adjacent home.