Bronx, New York, July 30th 2010 - A Seven-year-old child (Maxmilio Mendez) was struck and killed by a Metropolitan Transportation Authority vehicle. He was crossing East Harlem street with his mother when this accident took place.

The accident took place at Second Avenue between 124th and 125th Streets at around 9 a.m. The truck was entering a ramp for the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge.

Victim’s mother who is pregnant - Erica Lorenzo, 35 - was rushed to Harlem Hospital and is reported to be in a serious but stable condition, police said.

Witnesses told that paramedics tried to revive the boy, but he [...]

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Brooklyn, New York 27 Jul 2010 - NYC police have detained two people who were involved in a gun-firing incident that resulted in an injury of a 19-month old girl in her leg.

The baby who was injured on her right leg is now in a stable condition. Police said that the duos were gunning for person they had tried to rob previously and hit the toddler who was close by.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that the 17-year-old and a 24-year-old suspects were detained on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

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A motorcyclist died on the spot when his motorcycle crashed into the building on Long Island.

Suffolk County police have said that they are investigating the accident that happened in Amityville at approximately 8 p.m on July 27, 2010.

Long Island, NY - July 27, 2010 - Police have said that 24-year-old Jorge Fernandez, of Copiague, was riding a 2003 Kawasaki motorcycle on the east of Dixon Avenue when the bike left the roadway and hit the building at 175 Dixon Ave. Fernandez was declared dead at the accident spot.

The bike was confiscated for a examination.

Anybody who has any information on this [...]

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Long Island, NY - 27 July 2010 - A woman named Jamie Hicks, aged 49 years who hailed from Long Island was detained for drunk driving after by her own child filed a complaint to the police.

She was mother of two children of the ages 10 and 12 and was driving in a drunken state along with her children in the car.

Police said that Hicks’ 12-year-old daughter called 911 and stayed on the phone with a dispatcher until Hicks was pulled over on I-84 in Brewster. Police said that the 12 year old was screaming during the call saying her [...]

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Franklin Square, NY - The accident that involved three-vehicles causing injury to a little girl has led to an arrest of the driver on suspicion of DWI.

The accident occurred at 820 Hempstead Turnpike soon after 3:00 p.m on July 27, 2010.

Police said the alleged drunk driver was driving the SUV that was heading towards the westbound on Hempstead Turnpike. A green car with the family of five people was heading in the opposite direction. The SUV driver wanted to take a left turn on Claflin but banged into the car.

The car banged the pole and threw a 4-year old girl [...]

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New York, NY July 27, 2010 - An autistic man was found dead in a van as he was left alone in the scorching heat.

He was later on identified as 20-year-old Brian Nevins who hailed from New York. This incident happened outside a residential home in Langhorne, Pennsylvania wherein people having different disabilities are taken care of.

Middletown Township police have said that Nevins was left unaccompanied for five hours inside the van on the Woods Services campus after a trip to Sesame Place.

Nevins was the son of a retired New York City police officer who lived in Queens earlier. The [...]

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Staten Island, NY - July 25, 2010 - Five young blacks in Port Richmond attacked a 31-year-old Mexican man when he was returning home after a soccer match. The investigations revealed that the attack was due to hate crime. The anti- Mexican group abused the Mexican, beat him up, and ran away with his bag pack. The person sustained serious jaw injuries, a cut near his eyes, which needed stitches, several bruises, and was rushed to the Richmond University Medical Centre in West Brighton. He was the sixth victim in Staten Island since the month of April and causing fury [...]

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New York, NY July 26, 2010 - Edward Maquate, an inspector was charged for the false claim of having inspected a New York construction crane, which collapsed in the month of March 2008, leading to the death of seven people. The inspector wants to make sure that no blame is apportioned to him for the entire incident of collapsing crane.

His trial is not scheduled until fall; however, the attorney of Maquate wanted to bring it to the knowledge of future jurors that his client is not accused of having played a role in the incident, but the judge did not [...]

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(NEW YORK, N.Y - July 25th, 2010) - John Adams, 67 years a maintenance man was crushed to death after falling into a trash compactor in the famous western New York office building. According to police officials, nobody realized this for several weeks and kept searching for him. His family members and authorities reported a missing case in the police station. They even offered a reward of $1500 for any information about him. After several weeks, through the surveillance camera, it was discovered that he had tripped and fallen into the compactor and the mechanism “prevented him from being able [...]

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N.H.Beach, NY 21 July, 2010 - According to reports, a dead jellyfish of the size of a turkey platter stung nearly 150 people on Wednesday afternoon (21 July, 2010) at Wallis Sands Beach. This mammoth jellyfish drifted a shore at around 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Several Paramedics treated the victims who were stung by this jellyfish. According to the lifeguards, this jellyfish weighed almost 50 pounds. All the victims, including children, were sent to Portsmouth Regional Hospital for treatment. It is very astonishing to see that a single jellyfish could sting so many people at one go.

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