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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A 16-wheeler struck an 84-year-old widow - crushing her legs - as she crossed a Brooklyn street pushing her shopping cart.

Harriet Evanter, a fixture in her Crown Heights neighborhood, was hit in a crosswalk on Nostrand Ave. about 8:49 a.m. Tuesday, police and witnesses said.

Truck crushes legs of beloved Brooklyn woman

The NY Post

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A 16-wheeler struck an 84-year-old widow – crushing her legs – as she crossed a Brooklyn street pushing her shopping cart.

Harriet Evanter, a fixture in her Crown Heights neighborhood, was hit in a crosswalk on Nostrand Ave. about 8:49 a.m. Tuesday, police and witnesses said.

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Moshe and Chaya Mushka (nee Sherr) Levi from Pomona, NY had a baby boy!
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Yanki and Chanie Denburg from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Eli Goldman (Philadelphia, PA) to Chaya Mushka Greenberg (Bonita Springs, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at The Garden House NYC 1386 S. Johns Pl
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Mendel Paltiel (Crown Heights) to Batya Stern (Johannesburg, South Africa)) L’Chaim: Sunday, May 31st, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street, Small Hall
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Ari Brod (Crown Heights) to Elka Friedman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, June 1st, 8:00pm at The JCM
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Golan Settbon (Charenton le pont, France) to Shoshana Alex (Paris, France)
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Shmuel and Chanie (nee Wilhelm) Pevzner from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mordechai Bukiet (Bradenton, FL) to Sheina Paltiel (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street Small Hall
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Elisha and Sonia Sheila (nee Shifrin) Chernyak from , Ukraine had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendy Backman (Monsey, NY) to Sarale Rosenblat (Eretz Yisroel)
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Ari Markowitz (Crown Heights) to Naomi Stern (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 7:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
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Moshe Noach Hershkop (Kingston, PA) to Estee Minkowitz (Pomona, NY) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 27th, 8:00pm at La Sala 1345 President Street
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Yossi Brashevitzky (Doral, FL) to Sarah Levilev (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, May 25th, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Yoseph Segal (Staten Island, NY) to Esti Hertz (Belgium) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
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Mendy and Simi (nee Gutnick) Cohen from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Shimon Rubashkin (Brooklyn, NY) to Liel Dadon (Daytona, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
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Mendel Goldstein (Crown Heights) to Miriam Smith (Miami, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at the JCM

The scene of the fatal accident this morning.

PLEASE SAY TEHILLIM FOR Meital Marcel bas Bellah

A car with three Lubavitcher girls was involved in a terrible accident in South Carolina on the U.S. 501 in Horry County early this morning. The Sun News reported that Toby Eagle, 20, of Baltimore, MD was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and that another of the passengers Meital Marcel Chabusha, of Brooklyn, NY was ejected from the vehicle and is listed in critical condition, a third passenger was not injured.

CrownHeights.info will continue to follow this tragic story and post more information as it becomes available.

Lubavitcher Girl Killed in Car Crash, Another Critically Injured

The scene of the fatal accident this morning.

PLEASE SAY TEHILLIM FOR Meital Marcel bas Bellah

A car with three Lubavitcher girls was involved in a terrible accident in South Carolina on the U.S. 501 in Horry County early this morning. The Sun News reported that Toby Eagle, 20, of Baltimore, MD was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and that another of the passengers Meital Marcel Chabusha, of Brooklyn, NY was ejected from the vehicle and is listed in critical condition, a third passenger was not injured.

CrownHeights.info will continue to follow this tragic story and post more information as it becomes available.

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4 Pedestrians and 3 Passengers injured in yet another Violent Collision

Crown Heights, Brooklyn – At around 4:10 Thursday afternoon an SUV and a sedan collided with great force, lost control, and plowed into a sidewalk full of pedestrians. The incident took place in the intersection of Lefferts Ave and Schenectady Ave and the vehicles were a BMW X5 SUV driven by a woman with one passenger and a Toyota Corolla driven by a man with two passengers.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Accident Knocks Back off Pickup Truck on Lefferts

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Two car collided in a violent impact, the force of which knocked the back off a commercial pickup truck. The incident took place at around 8:30 PM at the intersection of Lefferts Ave and Schenectady Ave where one of the vehicles took a red light.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 11:30am a woman driving a BMW crashed into a reinforced gate of a home at the intersection of Crown Street and Brooklyn Avenue. The car appeared to have been heading down Brooklyn and upon reaching the intersection it lost control and collided with the gate.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Driver Crashes into House on Crown Street

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 11:30am a woman driving a BMW crashed into a reinforced gate of a home at the intersection of Crown Street and Brooklyn Avenue. The car appeared to have been heading down Brooklyn and upon reaching the intersection it lost control and collided with the gate.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 10:00pm on Motzoai Shabbos a minivan driving up Troy Ave was rear ended by a large SUV at the intersection of Empire Blvd. The driver, a woman, was complaining of back pains and not feeling well. 911 was called and FDNY EMS and Police responded.

More in the Extended Article.

Hit and Run Accident on Empire and Troy

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 10:00pm on Motzoai Shabbos a minivan driving up Troy Ave was rear ended by a large SUV at the intersection of Empire Blvd. The driver, a woman, was complaining of back pains and not feeling well. 911 was called and FDNY EMS and Police responded.

More in the Extended Article.

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Please say Tehilim for Yaffa Zahava bas Sarah

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 10:15pm last night came the chilling calls for help from a patrolling Shomrim member saying that a pedestrian was struck by a bus and Hatzalah and 911 should be called. The member then began administering first aid to the victim and in attempt to stop the profuse bleeding he took his shirt off and used it.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Yiddishe Woman Critically Injured by a City Bus

Please say Tehilim for Yaffa Zahava bas Sarah

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 10:15pm last night came the chilling calls for help from a patrolling Shomrim member saying that a pedestrian was struck by a bus and Hatzalah and 911 should be called. The member then began administering first aid to the victim and in attempt to stop the profuse bleeding he took his shirt off and used it.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Another Accident on Empire and Kingston

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Today, Thursday at about 4 PM, a mini van attempted to turn onto Kingston Ave from Empire and was hit by a car coming from the opposite direction.

There were some children on the street corner waiting to cross, but BH the car missed the children, and no one was hurt.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Hit and Run on Carroll and Brooklyn

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A small jeep speeding down Brooklyn Ave rear ended a parked van between Carroll and Crown. The incident took place yesterday, Sunday at around 7:00pm just as the rain intensified. Bystanders observed a Jeep Liberty speeding, losing control and swerving into a parked van.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Storm Tips Crane, Broward Synagogue Damaged

CBS
The crane collapse (inset) on the backround of Chabad of Fort Lauderdale

Click Here to watch a newscast of this incident.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL — A crane collapsed by Galt Ocean Drive in Ft. Lauderdale Saturday morning, crashing onto some power lines and damaging part of a synagogue.

The Chabad Lubavitch of Fort Lauderdale lost power due to the crane tipping over and snapping an electrical line providing power to the temple and other parts of the area.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn – Yesterday, Sunday, a car attempted to pull into a driveway on Empire Blvd between Albany and Troy coming from the opposite side and hit a passing minivan causing it to collide with a parked car.

B”H there were no injuries and there was no one passing on the sidewalk where the parked car was pushed into. Drivers need to take extra care in that area of Empire, it’s the most accident prone intersection in Crown Heights.

Crossing Double Yellow Lines Causes Accident on Empire

Crown Heights, Brooklyn – Yesterday, Sunday, a car attempted to pull into a driveway on Empire Blvd between Albany and Troy coming from the opposite side and hit a passing minivan causing it to collide with a parked car.

B”H there were no injuries and there was no one passing on the sidewalk where the parked car was pushed into. Drivers need to take extra care in that area of Empire, it’s the most accident prone intersection in Crown Heights.

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Drunk Driver Rear Ends Double Parked Car

Crown Heights, Brooklyn –- Today, about 5:30 PM, a red Chevy Malibu driven by a drunk driver, slammed into the rear of a double parked Mercedes. The incident took place on Lefferts Ave between Brooklyn and Kingston in the middle of the block.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Crown Heights, Brooklyn – Erev Shabbos at around 2:45 in the afternoon a woman opened her car door and was struck by a passing transport van on Albany Ave between Eastern Parkway and Union Street.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Car Loses Door in Minor Accident

Crown Heights, Brooklyn – Erev Shabbos at around 2:45 in the afternoon a woman opened her car door and was struck by a passing transport van on Albany Ave between Eastern Parkway and Union Street.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Another Accident on Montgomery and Brooklyn

Crown Heights, Brooklyn – An attempt to ‘beat’ the light ends in a dangerous crash in the intersection of Montgomery and Brooklyn. At around 8:45pm a black Lincoln Aviator traveling down Montgomery St attempted to beat the light as it was turning red and was struck by a silver Minivan.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Accident on Montgomery and Brooklyn

Today, Friday at about 2 in the afternoon, a black Scion crashed into a white Ford on the corner of Montgomery St and Brooklyn ave. The driver of the white Ford Escort, an older woman from the community, was driving down Montgomery St, coming from New York Ave and crossing over the intersection with Brooklyn Ave without stopping for the red light, as a witness observed.

More in the Extended Article.

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