Hatzalah’s CH-1 Involved in an Accident

Friday night at around 3:00am Hatzalahs newest ambulance ‘CH-1’ was involved in an accident while transporting a patient to Methodist Hospital. The accident took place on Eastern Parkway and New York Ave at around 3:00am, the ambulance was en route to the hospital and made a left turn from New York Ave onto Eastern Pkwy and a Toyota of an unknown model came down the parkway at a high rate of speed and struck the ambulance.

The ambulance took significant damage to its rear on the driver’s side, while the other took heavy damage to its front end. The driver of the Toyota refused medical attention at first but at the end submitted to treatment from EMS workers that responded to the incident. One of Hatzalahs other ambulances, CH-3, responded and continued the transport of the patient.

12 Year Old Girl Struck By an SUV in Critical Condition

At around 4:45pm in the afternoon a 12 year old girl was on her way home and was struck by a fast moving SUV on the corner of Empire Blvd and Troy Ave. The SUV, a late model Jeep Grand Cherokee came barreling down Empire from Schenectady driven by a Black woman, struck the young girl with great force and sent her flying across the entire Boulevard into the oncoming traffic lanes.

Many bystanders called 911 and Hatzalah who arrived on scene immediately and began treating the girl who did not loose consciousness from the impact. She was immediately transported to Kings County Hospital where she was listen in critical condition, she sustained an alarming number of injuries including two broken arms and a complicated break in one of her legs and possibly more, all this came along with trauma all over and bruising and scratches as well.

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Minor Accident Involving a School bus with 19 Children Onboard

Friday morning at around 8:40am one of the local school buses on its route picking up children and taking them to school was involved in a minor accident on E. New York Ave. and Kingston Ave. after a car passed the bus illegally.

A Honda Accord driven by a restless Black male waited for the bus to turn off its flashing red lights then passed the bus on its left crossing over the double yellow lines then attempted to make a right turn up Kingston in front of the bus, the bus driver did not see the vehicle that had illegally passed him and started to move forward and struck the car in its passenger side front and rear door, the car which was still moving forward pulled the busses bumper outwards.

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Accident Injures 7 Month Pregnant Woman on Empire

Motzoai Shabbos at around 1:55am a yiddisher woman driving home was hit by another car at the intersection of Albany and Empire. The yiddishe woman was driving her small red Dodge Neon and making a left turn from Albany onto Empire when a white Toyota Corolla with 4 Black females ran a red light and struck the Dodge.

The car was flung nearly 5 feet and the driver wasn’t sure if she had banged her head. A patrolling Shomrim member witnessed the accident and immediately called Hatzalah and 911, Hatzalah arrived and scene and transported the woman to Kings County Hospital in stable condition for checkups and observation. All the passengers from the Toyota refused medical attention.

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Member of Anash Struck by Reversing Car

Around 40 minutes after Shabbos a member of Anash in his late 50’s was struck by a car reversing on Carroll St between Troy and Schenectady. The driver of the car, a male Black, got out of the car and immediately called 911, other residents who witnessed the accident called Hatzalah who responded right away and treated the man for injuries to his legs and head.

He was then transported to Kings County Hospital for checkups and observation.

This is the second such incident where pedestrians were struck by reversing vehicles, when crossing one must always check both ways, especially when crossing in the middle of a block and outside of a crosswalk. And drivers must be careful to always look over their shoulder rather then just rely on their rear view mirrors as there are big blind spots in the rear view of a car.

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Bochur Struck by Reversing Car

Thursday night at around 10:30pm a Bochur was walking to a Farbrengen with a friend and was crossing Montgomery St between Kingston and Albany and was struck by a reversing car. The car was driven by member of Anash and he immediately stopped and got out to help while his friend called Hatzalah. A resident on the block invited Hatzalah with the patient into their home to avoid the below freezing weather outside.

The Bochur sustained and injury to his head from the fall and an injury to his knee and arm, he was taken to Kings County Hospital for a checkup. B”H none of the injuries were very serious.

Accident with Injuries on Eastern Parkway

At around 5:10pm on Wednesday 3 cars rear ended each other injuring one. The incident took place on Eastern Pkwy between Troy and Schenectady where three cars each rear ended each other. There were no Yidden involved in this incident.

FDNY and FDNY EMS responded and took one patient to a local hospital, the NYPD cleared the parkway quickly due to the traffic quickly backing up well passed New York Ave.

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Car Runs into Tree

At around 1:30 early Monday morning a black Lexus LS400 lost control on the wet streets and drove up onto the sidewalk completely uprooting a stand pipe and folding its two protective poles and finally coming to rest on a tree.

The incident took place on Eastern Pkwy between Kingston and Albany, FDNY EMS responded to the scene and removed the driver to a local hospital. There were no Yidden involved in this incident.

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Minor Accident on Eastern Parkway

At around 9:35pm there was a minor accident at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Kingston involving two livery car service vehicles. According to one of the drivers the traffic signal had turned yellow and he stopped when he was rear ended, while the other driver said that the car in front of him suddenly short stopped.

The car in the rear was carrying one passenger who was complaining of not feeling well and she was transported to Kings County Hospital by EMS, and both drivers refused medical attention. There were no yidden involved in this accident.

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Chase Followed by a Crash on Montgomery and Kingston

At around 8:45pm police began pursuing a Lincoln Town Car after they had observed the car driving recklessly and running red lights. During the pursuit the Lincoln made a turn onto Montgomery Street and sped down the wrong way with police right behind him, upon reaching the intersection of Kingston it collided with a minivan that was driving up Kingston.

The Lincoln was occupied by two male blacks both of which were still in the vehicle as police officers exited their vehicle with their guns drawn screaming ‘show us your hands’, the perps exited their vehicle with their hands up, at this point large numbers of backup arrived on scene and placed both of the perps in handcuffs.

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U-Turn Once Again Causes a 3 Car Accident on Empire

Monday night at around 7:00pm a white Honda attempted to make a U-Turn on Empire between Schenectady and Troy and was struck by a Car Service that was headed in the same direction sending both cars into a parked Honda Accord across the street.

There were two injuries in the Car Service, both the driver and passenger, they were both transported by FDNY EMS and East Midwood Volunteer to Kings County Hospital, there were no Yidden involved in this incident.

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