Car Service Hits Parked Car, Injures Passenger

Crown Heights, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Yungerman returning home after Shabbos was injured when the car service he took a ride in collided with a parked car. The incident took place around 1:00am on Lefferts Ave between New York Ave and Brooklyn Ave, the driver told police that he attempted to pass a car by crossing over the double yellow lines and somehow ended up hitting a minivan that was parked facing the opposite direction.

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Fatal Accident on Eastern Parkway

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 9:30 PM yesterday, it was a rainy night, a women crossing Eastern Pkwy between New York and Brooklyn Ave, in middle of the street, was hit by a oncoming car.

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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.

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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.

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Construction Accident Injures Three on Crown Street

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 12:30 this afternoon Hatzalah received a call for multiple injured in a construction accident on Crown Street. The incident took place at 579 Crown St between Troy and Albany which is under construction for extensive renovations.

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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.

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Bus Filled with Kids gets into Minor Accident

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At about 3:30 this afternoon, Thursday one of the local school buses fill with children, taking them home was involved in a minor accident on Utica Ave [between President and Union St].

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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.

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Storm Tips Crane, Broward Synagogue Damaged

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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.

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.

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