Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• I-90 Closed by Truck Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 31, 2007 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A truck accident on the I-90 closed the freeway on Wednesday morning. A tractor trailer rolled over at the Northway exit. The truck's load spilled all over the freeway. The accident happened just after 7 a.m. as a tractor trailer loaded with 54,000 pounds of construction material was traveling west on I-90. That's when another car crossed into its lane. "The most serious contributing factor...

• Treacherous Taxicabs

  Alan Ripka | September 08, 2011 9:19 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Treacherous taxicabs cause accidents because of their reckless driving. Yellow cab drivers seem to believe that they have the right to break every rule of the road since they make a living...

• Bicyclist Killed in New York

  Shannon Weidemann | August 20, 2007 3:11 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A bicyclist was killed after going for a ride in Dutchess County, New York. The 49-year-old victim was struck by a car. The driver is a 54-year-old-man from Rhinebeck. The bicycle accident happened on Saturday afternoon in Clinton Corners. Deputies say the car was making a left turn when it struck the bicyclist, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under...

• SUV Rollover Information

  Jeremy Thurman | January 10, 2006 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The reason most sports utility vehicles are unstable on the road is their high center of gravity. Although the SUV is designed to be driven off road, little is provided to protect the occupant, i.e., roll bars, roll cages or other roof crush or occupant protection.Rollovers can be caused wholly or in part by tire failures, tire tread defects (detreading or delamination), poor stability design,...

• Deputy Cleared In Car Accident Death of New York City Student

  Staff Writer | November 30, 2005 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Saratoga County Deputy was cleared of wrongdoing in an accident that killed a Skidmore College student. Robert Swatling was traveling on the Route 50 arterial in Saratoga Springs when he hit Skidmore senior Phillip Eckstein who was walking on the highway despite the fact that it is closed to pedestrians. Swatling was returning from a routine patrol and did not have any drugs, medications or...

• Two Children Killed in Tragic Car Accident on New York Highway

  Chrissie Cole | February 19, 2008 9:03 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A tragic car accident claimed the lives of a brother and sister when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed with a tractor-trailer truck, in rural Western New York. The mother and driver, 48, of Bergen, was driving on a straight stretch of highway on Route 262, at about 10:15 a.m., when she turned into the path of a tractor-trailer, according to the Genesee County Sheriff's Department. The...

• Brooklyn Man Charged with Hit and Run

  Chrissie Cole | January 19, 2008 12:12 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Brooklyn man was arrested, on Sunday, for an October 6 car accident that killed one man and seriously injured another near the Belt Parkway.The man, 19, was arrested and charged with manslaughter, according to police. The accident occurred at 4 a.m., on October 6, when he was driving east on the parkway and his car swerved off the roadside onto a grassy area and struck two pedestrians.He told...

• Woman Injured in Car Crash Off Pier Dies

  Jenny Albano | January 12, 2008 6:31 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A woman who was seriously injured when her car crashed off a pier earlier this week died on Friday, January 11. Margrit Mueller, 68, had been in critical condition and was unconscious since her accident on Monday, January 7. Mueller and her passenger, Ellen Halvorsen, went off a Bay Shore pier and the car landed upside down in freezing cold water. Two Good Samaritans who heard the crash...

• New York City Woman Dies in Car Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | November 26, 2007 12:02 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 32-year-old woman from New York City was killed in a car accident on a Pennslyvania highway. The accident happened on Wednesday, one of the busiest travel days of the year. The driver of the car, also from New York City was injured in the crash. His condition is unknown. A westbound car collided with an eastbound tractor-trailer about 9:30 a.m. after the car crossed a grassy median near...

• An Oil Tanker Crashed Into a Light House Off Staten Island

  Jenny Albano | November 04, 2007 10:46 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Saturday, November 3 an oil tanker crashed a lighthouse off the coast of Staten Island. The tanker, Axel Spirit, slammed into the light house tower at around 2 a.m. The tanker damaged the tower's legs, so the tower's light is no longer rotating and is not considered reliable. The light is still working though.No injuries were found aboard the tanker and no pollution of oil was reported. ...