Yet another Accident

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A few minutes after the drag racing accident another incident occurred at around 12:40am in the intersection of Troy and President. A silver Honda Accord driven by a Bochur collided with a white Ford Van sending it careening into 3 parked cars.

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Drag Racing Leaves Vehicle on its Roof

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars ‘drag racing’ at high speeds up Troy Avenue ended in disaster with two damaged parked cars and itself on its roof. The incident took place on Troy between Eastern Parkway and Lincoln Place at around 12:30am.

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5 Car Eastern Parkway Smashup Injures 10

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An illegal U-turn appears to be the cause of a 5 car destruction derby on a very wet Eastern Parkway. At around 6:00pm today eye witnesses said a black Ford Crown Victoria attempted to make a u-turn or simply lost control on Eastern Parkway between Kingston and Albany, and went plowing into 3 cars on the opposite side of the parkway, and then was rammed by an oncoming gray Dodge Magnum.

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Accident Involving School Bus and Minivan

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – An accident between a minivan driven by a Bochur and a school bus from a local public school B”H ended with no injuries, the incident took place at around 4:00pm today, Monday, on President Street between Albany and Kingston.

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Bochur Seriously Injured while Building A Sukkah

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An accident while building a Sukkah landed one person in the hospital in serious condition. Hatzalah was called to a home in Crown Heights where a group of men were building a large Sukkah and one of the cross beams suddenly fell and struck a Bochur in his head causing severe injuries.

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Late Night Joy Ride ends in Disaster on Kingston

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A late night joy ride ended with a collision with a parked car. The incident took place at around 4:00am when the Jewish teen attempted to make a left from Montgomery Street onto Kingston Avenue but failed to recover from the turn and slammed into a parked car, causing significant damage and pushing it up onto the sidewalk.

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Van Slams into rear of School Bus

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This afternoon, Thursday, just after dropping its last passenger off, a school bus was rear ended with great force while its red lights were still flashing. The incident took place on Montgomery Street between Brooklyn and New York Avenue at around 4:00pm.

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10 Year Old Girl Struck and Seriously Injured in Accident

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A ten-year-old girl was struck and seriously injured earlier today, Wednesday, when she darted out from in between two cars. The incident took place at around 3:30pm on East New York Avenue between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenue.

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Police Accident Leaves Bochur Injured

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn, [CHI] — Motzoi Shabbos, at about 1:00am, while everybody was on their way to Shul for Slichos, a couple of Bochurim driving Cadillac on Montgomery Street was struck by a Police car as they crossed the intersection with Brooklyn Avenue.

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Off Duty Police Officer Injured in Crash

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A bad crash left a car on a sidewalk with its driver injured. The incident happened in the intersection of Crown and Schenectady at around 1:00am last night, it appeared that one car struck the other and sent it out of control and onto the sidewalk.

Shomrim members who were in the vicinity heard the sound of the crash nearly two blocks away, and ran over to the scene, arriving a mere seconds after the crash where they discovered that the driver of the car on the sidewalk, a red Honda, was being driven by an off duty NYPD officer who was on her way home for her shift.

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Serious Early Morning Accident Injures Two

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two SUV’s collided early this morning and injuring both drivers. The accident happened in the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Sterling Street at around 4:30am.

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Cyclist Struck and Injured on Empire Blvd.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Today, Tuesday at about 8:30am, a cyclist was stuck and injured on Empire Boulevard between Brooklyn and Kingston, the incident took place as the cyclist passed a truck who suddenly opened his door and in attempt to swerve and avoid it he went into the path of a minivan and was struck.

A Shomrim member happened to be there right as it happened and called 911, in the meantime he sprung into action and stabilized the patient all the while talking to him and making sure he doesn’t loose consciousness.

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