Pedestrian Accidents

1. If you are injured, call an ambulance from the scene of the accident and go to the hospital. Don’t leave the scene. One of the most frequent defenses raised by insurance companies is that the accident did not happen in the manner alleged or in the location alleged. Having an EMS crew arrive at the exact spot you fell and document it in their report will help prevent such arguments by the defendants.

2. Take photographs of your injuries including bruises, scarring, and casts or braces. Take photographs of the location where you fell and the defective [...]

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A 56-year-old man was struck and killed by a tow truck on March 01. He was trying to cross a busy Bronx street when he was mowed down.

Police has identified victim as Jose Cruz who was trying to cross Broadway at W. 251st St. in Riverdale. The victim died before paramedics could take him to New York-Presbyterian Medical Center Columbia, officials said.

Investigators believe Cruz was not in the crosswalk when he was mowed down by a Riverdale Towing and Collision truck. The driver of the tow truck has not been charged and investigators do not believe he was speeding at [...]

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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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A Bronx, New York man was sentenced to 5-15 years in prison. He was sentenced on Monday for drunken driving accident which killed a three-year old boy.

The accused Freddy Rodriguez, 58, was drunk and driving a truck through a red light in Mount Eden, located at Bronx, New York. He hit three people including a three-year old Saquann Williams who was crushed to death. His mother and another pedestrian were seriously injured in the accident. The third pedestrian, Giselle Buie, suffered severe brain injuries. The truck that Rodriguez was driving also slammed into several occupied vehicles before coming to a [...]

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One person got killed and 3 were injured in a bus accident near Chinatown, New York. The Fung Wah bus jumped a curb and hit a bank this morning.

This accident took place just before 8 this morning at the intersection of the Canal Street and Bowery. One person was taken to a local hospital who had suffered serious injuries.

Some published reports say that a stationed dump truck rear-ended the Fung Wah bus, thus forcing it into the bank.

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