5 Injured in Friday Morning Crash

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.

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Accident Injures Chabad Girls and Shomrim Volunteer

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.

4-Year-Old Amrom Altman OBM, Killed by School Bus

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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.

TRAGEDY: Crash Kills Son of Shliach, Newly Married Woman, BDH

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Pesha Leah (Roetter) Azoulay OBM, on her wedding day.

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.

Serious Accident Traps Passengers on Eastern Parkway

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.

Car Door Vs Fire Truck in front of 770

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.

Pedestrian Struck Crossing the Parkway

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — It’s the second incident in less then ten days where a Bochur crossing eastern parkway in the middle was run down by a passing car. The most recent incident happened this afternoon at around 2:15pm when an Israeli Bochur attempted to cross in the middle of the street near 770.

Man Makes Unexpected Exit from Restroom, Through the Floor

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While brushing his teeth, a man made a sudden and unexpected exit from his bathroom when the floor gave way, and he suddenly found himself in his buildings basement with the bathroom tiles and floor all scattered around him.