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At around 7:15pm a minivan rear ended a SUV on Carroll St between Troy and Schenectady. The incident took place as a Jewish woman was double parked waiting for someone when all of a sudden she was rear ended by the minivan, both drivers got out and the driver of the minivan was being incoherent and had slurred speech. Police were called and did a field sobriety test which he failed and was arrested for DUI [Driving Under the Influence].

B”H There was no reported injuries.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Drunk Driver Rear Ends Parked Car

At around 7:15pm a minivan rear ended a SUV on Carroll St between Troy and Schenectady. The incident took place as a Jewish woman was double parked waiting for someone when all of a sudden she was rear ended by the minivan, both drivers got out and the driver of the minivan was being incoherent and had slurred speech. Police were called and did a field sobriety test which he failed and was arrested for DUI [Driving Under the Influence].

B”H There was no reported injuries.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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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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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

Cyclist Struck Crossing Eastern Pkwy.

At around 4:00am a young Black male was crossing Eastern Pkwy at the intersection of Schenectady Ave on his bike and a car coming down Schenectady struck him. FDNY and FDNY EMS responded to the incident and treated the injured, then transported him to a local hospital.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Monday evening at around 7:30pm a small black sedan attempted to make an Illegal U-Turn on Empire Blvd. between Troy and Schenectady and swiped an SUV that was traveling in the opposite side, the impact forced the SUV into the next lane over where a Minivan was and forced it up onto the sidewalk where the driver lost control and smashed into a parked car.

Out of this whole smashup derby there were no reported injuries. Police and FDNY EMS responded to the call, and blocked off Empire coming from Schenectady for nearly two hours.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Illegal U-Turn Causes a 4 Car Smashup on Empire

Monday evening at around 7:30pm a small black sedan attempted to make an Illegal U-Turn on Empire Blvd. between Troy and Schenectady and swiped an SUV that was traveling in the opposite side, the impact forced the SUV into the next lane over where a Minivan was and forced it up onto the sidewalk where the driver lost control and smashed into a parked car.

Out of this whole smashup derby there were no reported injuries. Police and FDNY EMS responded to the call, and blocked off Empire coming from Schenectady for nearly two hours.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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The Republican
Bradley N. Skikne

Amherst, MA - Early Sunday morning, Bradley N. Skikne was traveling along Route 2 in Athol when he came across a three-car accident.

The 22-year-old University of Massachusetts student from Middleton, who was also an emergency medical technician, stopped to help until an ambulance and the state police arrived.

Later that morning the state police, tracking the license plate on Skikne's car, called his home to thank him for his help, said Rabbi Simcha Levenberg who knew Skikne since 2004 when he became program director of Chabad House at UMass.

EMT dies just after aiding at 1st crash

The Republican
Bradley N. Skikne

Amherst, MA – Early Sunday morning, Bradley N. Skikne was traveling along Route 2 in Athol when he came across a three-car accident.

The 22-year-old University of Massachusetts student from Middleton, who was also an emergency medical technician, stopped to help until an ambulance and the state police arrived.

Later that morning the state police, tracking the license plate on Skikne’s car, called his home to thank him for his help, said Rabbi Simcha Levenberg who knew Skikne since 2004 when he became program director of Chabad House at UMass.

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Couple Struck on Eastern Pkwy and Brooklyn

A Couple visiting Crown Heights for the holidays were both crossing Eastern Parkway in the cross walk and were both struck and knocked down by a car who was making a left turn from Brooklyn Ave unto Eastern Parkway.

The incident took place at around 4:45pm, a few eye witnesses stated that they saw the car making the turn at a high rate of speed and the next thing they saw was the man and woman go down. Hatzalah and EMS arrived on scene within moment of the accidents and began treating the man who was complaining of pains, he was transported to KCH with his wife by Hatzalah for further checkup. Police did not issue any summonses.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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2 Car Accident with Injuries on Eastern Pkwy and Brooklyn Ave.

Early Thursday morning at around 3:30am a series of loud bangs we heard throughout the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Ave and bystanders that had come to see what had taken place watched in horror how one SUV with severe damage to its right side and its driver still trapped inside the car.

According to witnesses they say that one car, a Pontiac Sedan, tried to make a right turn unto Brooklyn Ave from the middle lane striking the Chevy SUV in the left side and sending it into two light and traffic signal poles. The driver of the SUV’s leg got stuck in the center dash but he managed to release himself and exit his vehicle where he got down on the floor and EMS who had arrived on scene began treating him for his injuries. The driver who was not Jewish was alone in his car, while the other car had both a driver and a passenger who are both Jewish, the passenger refused medical attention but the driver was transported by Hatzalah to Kings County Hospital for observation.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Associated Press
New York Fire Department officials watch as smoke
billows out the windows of a high-rise building after
a small aircraft crashed into it.
(Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
Click Here to listen to the press Conference with the Mayor.

NEW YORK CITY — A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack.

A law enforcement official in Washington said Lidle — an avid pilot who got his license during last year's offseason — was aboard the single-engine aircraft when it plowed into the 30th and 31st floors of the high-rise on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said both people aboard were killed.

Lidle's passport was found on the street, according to a federal official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear who was at the controls and who was the second person aboard.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Plane Crash in Manhattan Deemed Accident, 2 Dead

Associated Press
New York Fire Department officials watch as smoke
billows out the windows of a high-rise building after
a small aircraft crashed into it.
(Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Click Here to listen to the press Conference with the Mayor.

NEW YORK CITY — A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack.

A law enforcement official in Washington said Lidle — an avid pilot who got his license during last year’s offseason — was aboard the single-engine aircraft when it plowed into the 30th and 31st floors of the high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said both people aboard were killed.

Lidle’s passport was found on the street, according to a federal official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear who was at the controls and who was the second person aboard.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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At around 12:00pm a pregnant Jewish woman was struck by a black Honda Accord as she was crossing Empire. The incident took place as the driver of the Honda was making a left turn from Albany onto Empire and didn’t see the woman who had just begun crossing and hit her, knocking her over.

The woman B”H did not sustain any obvious injuries, Hatzalah responded immediately and at the woman’s request checked her out and then transported to her to a local hospital, out of fear for her baby. There were no summonses issued.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Pregnant Woman Hit by a Car on Empire and Albany

At around 12:00pm a pregnant Jewish woman was struck by a black Honda Accord as she was crossing Empire. The incident took place as the driver of the Honda was making a left turn from Albany onto Empire and didn’t see the woman who had just begun crossing and hit her, knocking her over.

The woman B”H did not sustain any obvious injuries, Hatzalah responded immediately and at the woman’s request checked her out and then transported to her to a local hospital, out of fear for her baby. There were no summonses issued.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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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.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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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.

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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.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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At around 2:50 Friday afternoon a call came over for a multi car accident with one of the cars having the driver pinned inside his car. Numerous fire trucks responded to aid the pinned driver.

According to eye witnesses a white Lexus was observed driving recklessly when all of a sudden its rear end wend sliding into a double parked car across empire then bounced off it and into a SUV sending it flying into a parked car, pinning that driver by crushing the driver side door. FDNY had to use the ‘Jaws of Life’ to cut away the door and get the driver out and into an ambulance where he was transported to a local hospital.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Wet Road + Careless Drivers = 4 Car Accident

At around 2:50 Friday afternoon a call came over for a multi car accident with one of the cars having the driver pinned inside his car. Numerous fire trucks responded to aid the pinned driver.

According to eye witnesses a white Lexus was observed driving recklessly when all of a sudden its rear end wend sliding into a double parked car across empire then bounced off it and into a SUV sending it flying into a parked car, pinning that driver by crushing the driver side door. FDNY had to use the ‘Jaws of Life’ to cut away the door and get the driver out and into an ambulance where he was transported to a local hospital.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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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.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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At around 6:20pm a yiddishe woman walking home on Kingston and Sterling Pl was struck by a car while crossing the intersection. the woman B”H did not sustain any serious injuries and the driver did not flee the scene.

Hatzalah and Shomrim received the call for this incident but both initially responded to the wrong location. There is Sterling St. and Sterling Pl. one is located between Lefferts Ave. and Empire Blvd. while the other is located between St. Johns Pl. and Park Pl. [please refer to the map in the extended article for a clear picture], in the future people calling Hatzalah or Shomrim please take care and be specific so emergency aid can be provided in a fast and efficient manner.

Woman Struck By A Car On Sterling Pl.

At around 6:20pm a yiddishe woman walking home on Kingston and Sterling Pl was struck by a car while crossing the intersection. the woman B”H did not sustain any serious injuries and the driver did not flee the scene.

Hatzalah and Shomrim received the call for this incident but both initially responded to the wrong location. There is Sterling St. and Sterling Pl. one is located between Lefferts Ave. and Empire Blvd. while the other is located between St. Johns Pl. and Park Pl. [please refer to the map in the extended article for a clear picture], in the future people calling Hatzalah or Shomrim please take care and be specific so emergency aid can be provided in a fast and efficient manner.

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At 6:00pm yesterday [Tuesday] a young boy was playing on the gate by the apartment complex on E New York and Kingston, where he got tangled in the gate and was crushed. The gate serves as the entrance for cars to enter the buildings parking lot and is operated by a remote control.

Apparently the child held on to the gate to get a ride up with the gate when something went wrong and the gate didn’t stop, and it pulled the child into the roll of the gate where it tangled and crushed the boy. A Shomrim member that happened to have been passing by, BeHashgocha Protis, called for help over the radio and within 20 seconds there were 3 Shomrim member there along with one passerby who began working on freeing the child from the gate.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Shomrim Save Childs Life in Freak Accident!

At 6:00pm yesterday [Tuesday] a young boy was playing on the gate by the apartment complex on E New York and Kingston, where he got tangled in the gate and was crushed. The gate serves as the entrance for cars to enter the buildings parking lot and is operated by a remote control.

Apparently the child held on to the gate to get a ride up with the gate when something went wrong and the gate didn’t stop, and it pulled the child into the roll of the gate where it tangled and crushed the boy. A Shomrim member that happened to have been passing by, BeHashgocha Protis, called for help over the radio and within 20 seconds there were 3 Shomrim member there along with one passerby who began working on freeing the child from the gate.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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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.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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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.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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