Hit and Run on Kingston and Empire

Motzoai Shabbos, the streets bustling with people heading to and from Kapores around the neighborhood. One elderly couple driving up Kingston, crossing Empire Blvd, struck a red Mitsubishi who by all witness accounts ran the light and was previously observed driving recklessly with loud music playing.

The impact sent the red car into a traffic light pole, immediately after which all three occupants, who according to eye witnesses were all teenage Black males, got out of the car leaving the engine running and ran from the scene. A few Israeli Bochurim who witnessed the accident began perusing the trio managing to catch one of them and a passing Shomrim member held the suspect until police arrived.

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Girl Struck Crossing Eastern Parkway

Friday Morning at around 11:15am a girl crossing Eastern Parkway was struck by an SUV. The incident took place in the middle of the parkway between Kingston and Brooklyn when the SUV driven by a Jewish resident of the community all of a sudden saw the girl in front of his car and tried to stop.

The girl was struck and was thrown a short distance from the SUV. Hatzalah was called and responded immediately and treated the girl for facial scrapes and bruises which she sustained when falling which were not serious B”H. Hatzalah then transported her to a local hospital for observation.

Another Accident On Empire and Troy

Tuesday evening at around 7:30 a Jewish member of the community was heading down Empire Blvd from Schenectady Ave towards Albany Ave when a car headed in the opposite direction attempted to make a sudden left turn up Troy Ave causing a collision.

The driver who tried to pull the turn onto Albany driving a Red Minivan was struck on its side by the large SUV, driven by the yiddishe driver, causing the minivan to spin a full 360 degrees. In such cases drivers waiting to turn do not have the right of way.

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Accident on Montgomery and Kingston

At around 8:50pm Sunday evening as the streets began crowding with cars of those coming into Crown Heights to celebrate Labor Day and take partake in the West Indian Day Parade, two cars collided in the intersection of Kingston and Montgomery.

An SUV driven by a Bochur with 3 passengers was driving on Montgomery St. and was making a left onto Kingston Ave. when he was struck by a Mercedes driven by a Black woman with 2 passengers who was coming up Kingston from Empire.

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Car Accident on Eastern Parkway

A car full of Bochurim on their way upstate on Motzoai Shabbos got into a serious accident, but B”H there was no serious injuries. The car was headed down Eastern Pkwy. when it began raining and at the intersection of St. Johns Pl. when traffic began slowing and according to the driver the breaks locked up and the car went skidding into the rear of an SUV.

The force of the impact sent the SUV over the sidewalk and into the building across the street. B”H there was no oncoming traffic. One passenger from the Bochurims car was taken for a checkup and a passenger in the SUV was taken as well, they were all transported to Kings County Hospital with no serious injuries, B”H.

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Wild 3 Car ‘Pile-Up’ in Boro Park

On Tuesday at around 8:00pm a car service was observed going down 40th St. in Boro Park attempting to ‘make the light’ but failed causing a terrible accident with injuries.

When the car service entered the intersection a small Nissan Sentra heading up 16th Ave. slammed into the driver side of the car service with enough force to roll it over, but it didn’t end with that, the heavy Ford Crown Victoria landed on top of the hood of a Cadillac CTS which was waiting at the intersection for the light.

There were multiple injuries of various extent, Hatzalah responded and transported the patients to Lutheran Trauma Center where they were all listed in stable condition.

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Wild Accident Leaves Police Car On Its Roof

At around 12:30 last night the intersection of Kingston Ave and Carroll St exploded with the sound of cars colliding, bringing many residents out to see what had happened which to their astonishment was a blue NYPD vehicle on its roof, a Acura sedan on the sidewalk facing the wrong direction on Kingston and a minivan parked up on the sidewalk on Carroll.

According to the driver of the Acura, a black male who was driving with a female passenger, he was coming up Kingston Ave. and had the green lights all the way up, when crossing the intersection of Carroll and Kingston he all of a sudden saw the Police Vehicle speeding with only its headlights flashing with no sirens and couldn’t stop in time, striking the passenger side of the car sending it spinning out of control and causing it to roll over where it came to rest in the rear of a parked minivan, which is owned by a Jewish member of Anash, forcing the minivan up unto the side walk.

The 2 Officers of the Auxiliary division of the NYPD were both treated by FDNY EMS and were transported to Kings County Hospital, one was discharged later in the night and the other was held overnight pending results of a few tests to make sure he is ok. The occupants of the Acura refused medical attention but were visibly shaken. B”H there was no pedestrians in that area of the sidewalk at the time of the accident.

Accident on Eastern Pkwy and Albany Ave

Friday afternoon at approximately 2:20pm, an SUV which was heading west on Eastern Pkwy made a legal left turn onto Albany Ave. in the face of oncoming traffic. The SUV was hit by a sedan heading east on Eastern Pkwy who had a green light and the right-of-way. The driver of the sedan slammed the brakes and skidded approximately 30 feet before colliding with the SUV in the intersection. The SUV’s tail then spun around from the impact, knocking over a cyclist who was crossing Albany in the bike lane, and running over the bicycle.

Biker dies in plunge off bridge

Follow up to the article “Motorcycle Accident on Eastern Parkway” and the one from last year where a biker died .

A 38-year-old motorcyclist died last night when he rammed the back of a livery cab and plunged off the Williamsburg Bridge into the East River, police said.

NYPD Aviation and Harbor units found Leonard Beckett’s body after searching the swirling, murky water toward the Manhattan side of the bridge for about 45 minutes.

Witnesses told cops that Beckett, a father of seven from St. Albans, Queens, was coming from Brooklyn with about a half-dozen members of his motorcycle club, the Southside Renegades, about 10:20 p.m. when the accident occurred.

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