Bicycle Hits Van, Biker Suffers Light Injuries

At around 2:00pm a cyclist crossing the street at the intersection of Crown and Utica hit a van driven by a Jew. The van was making a turn unto Crown St. when all of a sudden the bike came smashing into the side of the van Residents called 911 who responded within minutes, Hatzalah was also called but were not needed B”H.

The cyclist told the police that he was distracted by an emergency vehicle passing by and took his eyes off the road. The cyclist was treated on scene, and was later taken to a local hospital for observation. There were no serious injuries.

86 Year Old Man Struck On Empire Blvd

At around 10:50 this morning an 86 year old man was struck by a 15 passenger van at the intersection of Empire Blvd and Kingston Ave. Apparently the elderly man began crossing the street when the pedestrian signal was red and the large van could not stop. The force of the impact took the man across the entire intersection.

Hatzalah was called but a FDNY EMS ambulance that was passing had seen the incident take place stopped to provide medical assistance.

The man, 86 year old Aron Feldman, was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was listed in critical condition. CrownHeights.info has been contacted by R. Avrohom Leider director of “Ahavas Chesed” in request to help find a family member. The man speaks English, Yiddish and Russian. Anyone with information is requested to call R. Leider at (917) 852-5555

Minor Accident in front of 770

At around 11:30am today a Jewish woman driving on Eastern Pkwy towards Brooklyn Ave rear ended a minivan, the minivan had three occupants, all of which were not Jewish, a pregnant woman a child and a male driver. The Jewish woman stated that the minivan had short stopped and she couldn’t stop in time and the driver of the van stated that he was all of a sudden rear ended.

Hatzalah responded to the accident where the Jewish woman had refused medical attention and treated the occupants of the minivan. Hatzalah transported the pregnant woman and the child to a local hospital as a precaution.

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Accident Leaves Car in Apple Drugs Retention Polls

At around 1:20am and loud screech was heard throughout the intersection of Crown and Kingston followed by the definite sound of metal crashing into metal. A black Nissan Maxima which was reported to be traveling at a high rate of speed down Crown St collided with a Buick Park Avenue which was going up Kingston Ave allegedly taking the red light according to witnessing bystanders.

A few Hatzalah members that were right around responded and offered to treat the 2 drivers who were both not Jewish, however they had refused medical attention. The Nissan ended up in the poles in front of Apple Drugs, who had them placed there due to an accident a number of years ago when a car went crashing right into the store.

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Bochur Struck By A Reversing Car

Yesterday evening a reversing black sedan struck a 13 year old Bochur rollerblading on President St. between Brooklyn and New York avenues. B”H there were no serious injuries and while Hatzalah treated him on the scene, as a precaution they nevertheless took him to Kings County Hospital. NYPD responded to the call as well.

This would be the time to remind children that plan on bike riding or rollerblading in this beautiful weather of the rules that will keep them safe. These should include; that they should get off their bike when crossing streets, look in all directions, hey it’s Brooklyn you may never know when someone will decide to drive a few blocks in reverse, and when rollerblading to wear protective gear (i.e. helmet, etc.). Don’t forget that anyone under 14 riding a bicycle is required by law to wear a helmet.

Accident Followed By a Road rage Incident And An Arrest

Yesterday [Tuesday] at around 4:45 in the afternoon a car service rear ended a pickup truck at the intersections of Eastern Pkwy. and Troy Ave. the car service had 3 passengers, a child and 2 parents, the mother had sustained a head injury while the driver, father and child did not sustain any injuries. Moments before police arrived the father had gotten into an argument with the car service driver and struck him in the head, requiring him to seek medical attention, when the police arrive they had arrested the father for assault.

Later that evening there was another accident on the corner of Eastern Pkwy. and Albany Ave. with no injuries. That brought the total number of accidents yesterday to 3! There were no Jews involved in these two incidents.

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Baby Stroller Struck on the corner of Kingston and Empire

At around 6:30pm a Jewish woman pushing her baby in a stroller was crossing street at the intersections of Kingston Ave. and Empire Blvd. when a car struck the front of the stroller. The stroller broke and the mother and child were visibly shaken by the accident.

Hatzalah responded and treated the child who Boruch Hashem didn’t suffer any major injuries, which was treated on the scene, and did not require any further medical attention. The NYPD responded and filled out a standard accident report.

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Flatbush Hatzalah Ambulance In Accident in Boro Park

Flatbush Hatzalah Ambulance F-905 was responding to an emergency Monday night, when crossing the intersection of New Utrecht Ave. and 54th St. an SUV collided with the ambulance.

Reports say that there were minor injuries to the passengers of the SUV and they were transported to a local hospital, none of the injuries was life threatening.

Pedestrian Struck By A Reversing Vehicle

On Friday afternoon an elderly Lubavitch woman was struck by a mini van that was reversing the wrong way up a block. This incident took place on Brooklyn Ave. between Empire Blvd. and Sterling St. apparently the driver of the minivan, who is also a Lubavitcher, was backing up Brooklyn Ave. towards Empire and struck the woman injuring her.

Hatzalah responded and took the Elderly Woman to Kings County Hospital with various injuries.

Unfortunately this is not an uncommon occurrence in which drives can be seen backing up down a block ‘to save some time’ in which they are endangering all of their surroundings, this also isn’t the first time where a Lubavitcher was injured form a driver backing up. So Drivers, please take this to heart and please stop this!

Hatzalah Ambulance In An Accident

At 4:20am one of the 3 Crown Heights Ambulances (CH3) went out on a call and was headed down Albany Ave. with lights and sirens all on and blaring. When arriving at the intersection of Albany Ave. & Empire Blvd. a Volvo coming from Kingston Ave. being ‘piloted’ by young black male with a young black male passenger at speeds in excess of 70MPH, ran a solid red light and got hit in the front corner with such force that the car spun around striking the Ambulances side with the rear end of the car.

The Ambulance is equipped with a heavy duty front bumper that can withstand extremely heavy impact, and therefore sustained no damage to the front, but the side of the Ambulance, where the rear end of the car hit it, got smashed in. The driver of the Ambulance, who was wearing his seatbelt didn’t sustain any injuries, then got out of the Ambulance to go and help the people in the car.

The 2 occupants of the car who were obviously at fault and knowing so got out of the car and ran, leaving behind the wreckage. It took police 10 minutes to arrive at the scene of the accident.

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