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.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A pedestrian was truck and injured this morning as she crossed Empire Boulevard at the Brooklyn Avenue intersection. The incident took place at around 9:00am.
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.
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — Shula Swerdlov, a 3 and a half year old girl was fatally injured in a hit and run accident in the Rechavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. Volunteers in the United Hatzalah organization responded to the scene and for a long hour attempted to revive the girl then transporting her to a local hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.
Shula is the daughter of a Rabbi Yossi and Hindel Swerdlov who work in the Tourisim outreach division of Tzerei Agudat Chabad in Israel, and grandparents Reb Leibel and Miriam Swerdlov in Crown Heights.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Eastern Parkway was the scene of two accidents last night, Monday, one involving a motorcycle rider falling off and getting injured, while another was a crossing pedestrian that was struck by a passing van.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Police arrested the driver that caused an accident involving three cars on suspicion of DUI. The incident occurred on Empire Boulevard between Schenectady and Troy Avenues, where one minivan rear ended an SUV which hit another SUV.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Two Flatbush Bochurim, on their way to attend Simchas Beis Hashueva in Crown Heights, were involved in a serious accident that injured all those involved.
I-78, PA — Two 16-year-olds were injured this afternoon when another car reversed into them on a median on Interstate 78 in Williams Township this afternoon, according to state police at Belfast.
Police said Yakov Huebner, 18, of Brooklyn N.Y., pulled into the median at mile marker 75.9 on the westbound side of I-78 at 12:24 p.m. after hearing a noise coming from his car. The teens, a boy from Israel and a girl from Brooklyn, N.Y., who’s names were not released due to their age, were outside the car also checking on the tire, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Having just risen from his place and moved to a different chair at the table to make room for an unexpected visitor, a Bochur’s life was saved as an air conditioner fell four stories, crashing through the Sukkah’s schach on Sunday afternoon.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Lubavitcher Bochur, visiting Crown Heights for the month of Tishrai, was struck by a fast moving car as he attempted to cross the parkway in the middle of the block, and sustained injuries.
Shliach to Toms River NJ, Rabbi Moshe Gourarie narrowly escaped serious injuries when flames engulfed a box truck next to his mini-van. The trucks 70-gallon fuel tank exploded Friday after electrical wires from a downed pole fell on the vehicle during a storm.
WILLIAMSBURG — A car struck and killed a 9-year-old boy in Williamsburg Saturday morning, police say. According to authorities, the 54-year-old driver of a Honda Accord was making a turn onto Wallabout Street at around 8 a.m. when she plowed into the child. Police say it appears the 9-year-old may have run into traffic. He was taken to Brooklyn Hospital, where he later died.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars collided at the intersection of Troy Avenue and Carroll Street late Wednesday evening. the accident occurred after an SUV was forced to suddenly stop and caused a ‘car service’ to rear end the SUV.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Late Sunday afternoon one speeding car collided with a parked car on Brooklyn Avenue and President Street, injuring the driver whow as transported to a local hospital.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A police cruiser with an officer and a sergeant on board was involved in a collision as they drove through the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue. The officers were assigned to Transit Division 32 which are the officers that patrol the subway lines and platforms.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A high-speed collision in the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Empire Boulevard left havoc in its wake. The incident took place at around 11:30pm and according to eye witnesses both cars, a BMW SUV and a Nissan sedan, were speeding and collided sending both of them into parked cars.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A young Lubavitcher girl was stuck by an SUV after she slipped from the grip of her older sister and ran into the street. The incident took place Erev Shabbos at the intersection of Crown Street and Albany Avenue.
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