CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Members of a Jewish family were injured in a wild crash with a police van last night. The incident took place at around 10:00pm at the intersection of Carroll Street and New York Avenue where according to eyewitnesses a police van blew through the red light and collided with the van.
Cops are hunting for a driver who fled the scene of a deadly Brooklyn crash that left three vehicles in flames – and one driver “burned beyond recognition” early Sunday, police said.
The 4:30 a.m. wreck in Bensonhurst produced a scene of shocking carnage.
MANCHESTER, NY — The back end of a dump truck hit an overpass on the state Thruway in western New York early Wednesday and two vehicles crashed into the wreckage, injuring five adults and 12 children, three of them seriously, authorities said.
There was a major accident on the New York State Thruway involving three Frum families. The accident took place at about 5am early Wednesday morning. The families were on their way home, after spending time away for Pesach.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Five people were injured in a Friday morning, among those injured were an infant and a number of children. The incident took place at approximately 11:00am at the intersection of Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway, where a left turning SUV broadsided a minivan with a Jewish family.
Police officers traveling on Empire Boulevard were involved in a head on collision last night, Monday. The incident took place at around 11:00pm at the intersection of Empire and Bedford, where a turning SUV collided with the police car.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A van and a car collided as they were turning on to Eastern Parkway, the van then slammed into a light pole and trapping the driver inside. The force of the impact threw open one of the van doors, and a stockpile of watermelons spilled onto the street.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A marked NYPD Traffic squad car was involved in an accident earlier today in the intersection of President and Schenectady, one minor injury was reported.
QUEENS, NY [CHI] — A group of girls traveling home in a ‘Chabad Car’ lost one of their wheels as they pulled off the Belt Parkway stranding them for nearly two hours on the side of the busy roadway. One girl called Shomrim who responded with one volunteer, only making matter worse when his car was struck by a passing car.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A school bus on its morning run was involved in an accident at the beginning of its route. The incident took place at around 8:30am at the intersection of Lefferts Avenue and Balfour Place.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An elderly disabled driver crashed in to a number of parked cars on Union Street after dozing or blacking out this afternoon.
BORO PARK, Brooklyn [CHI] — Amrom Altman, a 4-year-old boy, was pronounced dead at around 8:30 this morning after a school bus struck him near the intersection of 13th Avenue and 49th street in Boro Park.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A multi car accident injured a few, and killed a pooch earlier tonight. The incident took place on Brooklyn Avenue and Union Street, where one car apparently ran a red light and collided with two other cars.
A horrific car crash has left a 10-year-old Flatbush boy R”L dead, a newly married woman R”L dead, and the boy’s father, a Chabad shaliach in Flatbush, fighting for his life.
Sources tell YWN that the multi-vehicle-crash occurred in Western Pennsylvania, on Interstate 80 (MM 32), near the Clintonville exit in Venango County, shortly before 10:00PM Wednesday evening. The vehicle was reportedly traveling from a wedding in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A woman was struck by a car and injured in an accident this evening. The victim, an elderly black woman was crossing the intersection of East New York Avenue and Albany Avenue when a turning SUV knocked her over.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] – Three people were injured in a single car accident on Eastern Parkway and St. Johns Place in Brownsville. The car, a Cadillac STS with three passengers, was observed speeding when it jumped a curb, clipped a light pole causing the car to flip and land on its roof.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A fire truck severely damaged the door of a car after it was opened into it. The incident happened in front of 770 when a car parked in the ‘no standing’ zone opened its door after half the truck passed it by, causing it to get snagged on the truck and damaged.
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