Car Accidents

A New Yorker from Queens was involved in a car crash with a tractor trailer or 18 wheeler on Tuesday March 2nd, 2010 on I-95 near Stamford, Connecticut. The 29 year old individual, Xiao Yuan Huang, was killed when his car was rear ended by the tractor trailer.

The force of the impact sent the Toyota mini van flying into the guardrail of the northbound lane of the I-95 highway. Mr. Huang had to be extracted from the vehicle and was rushed to a local hospital where attempts to save his life proved futile. The driver of the tractor trailer [...]

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Toyota Motor Corp. officials are under fire with questions from Congress during Senate hearings on the company’s worldwide recall of 8,500,000 vehicles. The hearings are underway on Tuesday, March 2, 2010.

Toyota has attributed the problems to gas pedals that can get covered by floor mats. The gas pedals also stick due to design flaws. Safety experts have said the problem may be with the electronics inside the Toyota vehicles.

An estimated 52 deaths since 2000 have been linked to the sudden acceleration problem.  Toyota is also fixing 1.6 million cars due to oil hoses with leaks.

A large numbers of death [...]

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The trial lawyers at Frekhtman & Associates recently scored a major victory by settling a car accident case for $100,000.00. Although the amount is not extraordinarily high, it is a significant result in light of the injuries sustained by the client and the current New York No Fault serious injury threshold law or Insurance Law 5102(d).  The client sustained bulging discs to his cervical spine after the accident and had about 3 months of treatment.  Usually such cases can be dismissed for lack of serious injury or failure to meet the minimal threshold needed under NY law. In this case [...]

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Many clients tell our firm they are afraid to go the doctor after a car accident even though they feel pain. This is because they may not have health/ medical insurance coverage and fear that the hospitals and or doctors will send them a big bill and or put them in collection. However, the New York No Fault law requires the automobile insurance company of the car you are physically in to pay for up to $50,000 of medical benefits to each injured person. This is called Personal Injury Protection (PIP). It acts like health insurance and most people [...]

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After a Car Accident it is important to:

1. Call the police. Leaving the scene of an accident without notifying the police is a crime in New York State.

2. Write down the license plate # of the other car involved as well as the make and model.

3. Don’t argue with the other driver. Stay in your car and wait for the police to arrive.

4. If you feel pain, go to the hospital to get checked out.

5. Take photos of the other car, the location of the accident, and your injuries. If you dont have a camera [...]

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Several important facts related to Auto Accident injury victims were published in a report by the Journal Archives of Surgery on March 17th. More than 63% of accident victims confirmed that they experience substantial pain even after a year of receiving injuries in an auto accident. This report was published after perceiving physical health status of 3,000 patients (aged 18-84). These patients had suffered serious injuries in various accidents like slip and fall injury cases and various other auto accidents involving car accidents, bus accidents, and motorcycle accidents.

Most of the patients receive injuries in abdomen [...]

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A car hit two motorcycles near Staten Island, New York on Monday evening killing one biker and injuring two others.

The car, Volkswagen Jetta hit motorcycles sending two people off their motorbike along the pavement for around 20 feet.

The car didn’t stopped there but ran over the second bike, thus crushing the rider underneath to death.

According to Nick Prada, who was the eyewitness of car-motorcycle accident said that it sounded like an explosion, and then both car and bike engulfed into fire ball within few seconds.

The car finally stopped by a chain-link fence and a [...]

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A nine-year-old girl was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident at Rockaway Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn.  She was hit by a tan Nissan Maxima. The driver of the car reportedly fled from the scene.

She was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where she is in critical condition.

Police is searching for the driver who fled from the scene and abandoned the car several blocks away on Park Place.

News Update by: New York Car Accident Attorney

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An 11-year old boy died after getting hit by a speeding car. The boy named Rondell Grant was attending a family barbeque while he got hit in front of his relatives who were present at the spot. He was rushed to the Kings County Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

The impact - captured by a neighbor’s surveillance camera shows Rondell getting hit by the car, and then flying through the air and crashing against a parked scooter.

Police were able to trace the driver, 19-year-old Naquan Mandry, who was arrested later. He was charged with leaving the scene of an [...]

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A minivan resulted in car accident pile-up which left seven injured on Staten Island, New York Thursday night.

The victims include a young pedestrian who has received serious injuries in the accident. He was taken to Staten University Hospital, NY along with six others which includes driver of the minivan.

Police are probing whether the driver was drunk and might have been driving under influence (DUI).

No charges have been filed so far against the driver.

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