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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Motorcycle Accident on Eastern Parkway

At around 5:55 this afternoon a group of motorcycle riders were seen driving together heading north on New York Ave.. According to eyewitnesses one of the bikers sped up, took a red light crossing Eastern parkway, and rode right under the front wheels of a truck in the service lane.

The biker was thrown up into the air, but was not seriously injured, though the bike was totaled. The truck sustained no damage, and the Jewish driver, who did not even see the biker, said he heard the roar of the bike and stopped only to notice he had the bike under his wheel.

The warm weather is known to bring out these gangs of bikers, some times as many a sixty in a pack, driving recklessly, looking for trouble, and the roaring noise as they drive past . As some readers may recall last summers story where a biker was killed in an accident [Click Here to read the story].

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Accident On The Corner Of Montgomery And Albany

At around 8:50 yesterday [Monday] evening 2 cars collided in the center of the intersection of Montgomery St. and Albany Ave. a Minivan coming down Albany Ave. hit an SUV going down Montgomery St., sending the SUV up onto the sidewalk where it struck a parked SUV. Both drivers involved in the accident were Lubavitcher’s, as well as the parked car.

B”H there was no serious injuries, Hatzalah responded and took one of the drivers to Kings County Hospital as a precaution.

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Boro Park Hatzalah Ambulance Involved in an Accident

This comes just a week after Crown Heights Hatzalah had an accident, yesterday [Tuesday] at around 2:00pm Hatzalah received a call to respond to a scene of a major accident, this ambulance [B-04] was parked on 15th Ave. and began heading there. When crossing the intersection of 15th & 44th, a car crossing the intersection did not yield to the ambulance, which had all its lights flashing and sirens blaring, and they collided.

The ambulance was just beginning to respond and thank g-d wasn’t going fast yet, still the car sustained heavy damaged, and both passengers were injured, and were reportedly released from a local hospital that night. The driver of the ambulance did not sustain any injury, and the ambulance sustained minor damage.

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