No-Fault Car Insurance in New York

Lots of drivers have questions about no-fault car insurance. What is it? How does it work? If no one is at fault, how can anyone be responsible for paying for repairs or medical bills? Who actually pays claims? The system isn’t all that difficult to understand. Here’s what you should know. Some Car Insurance Facts […]

NYC Water Taxi Crash Injures 30

Questions still need answers after the July 28 crash of a small ferry into a midtown Manhattan pier. The accident hurt as many as thirty passengers. Some of the injuries were serious, but no life-threatening injuries were reported. NYC firefighters who responded to the scene were reportedly treating the crash as an accident. The ferry […]

Bystander Injured, 10 Cars Hit by Runaway MTA Bus

Several Brooklyn residents got a scare when an empty city bus raced past them—backward—striking numerous cars parked on the street, prompting pedestrians to jump out of the way, and causing injury to one man after knocking a car into him. The bus finally came to a stop when it crumpled an iron gate and slammed […]

Two Dead After Truck Crash on GWB

A five-year-old girl and a fifty-year-old man were killed earlier this month in a tragic crash between an SUV and a box truck on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge. The crash, which also injured three others in the SUV, happened around 10:00 p.m. on June 14 and left most of the upper […]

Drunk, Drugged Driver Runs Over Times Square Pedestrians

A Bronx native recently purposefully plowed his Honda through pedestrians in Times Square while driving at high speed. One person was killed and twenty-two people were reported injured. The driver started his rampage at 7th Avenue and 42nd Street, where he turned his vehicle from the street and took to the sidewalk in an apparent […]

Reducing the Risk of Injury in a Motorcycle Crash

“Ride to live, live to ride” is an apt biker motto for road safety. Motorcyclists are twenty-seven times more likely to die in a crash than drivers of other vehicles, per a 2014 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study. But preventive measures greatly reduce these numbers. Crash Protection Detailed below are the top factors […]

Investigator Charged in Fatal Upstate Hit-and-Run

A man who worked as an investigator for the Onondaga County District Attorney’s office has been fired after it was discovered that he was the driver in a fatal hit-and-run collision in Syracuse. Two other men were with him, including a Syracuse firefighter who has been suspended without pay over his connection to the incident. […]

Derailed Train Crashes onto New Windsor Road

While traveling on Water Street on March 7, drivers didn’t expect that they’d have to swerve to avoid a train. But that’s what happened. ABC7 News reported that a witness said it was the “most terrifying thing” she had ever seen. Two people were hurt in the 3:30 p.m. crash. The freight train in question […]

Cab Hits Pedestrian, Victim Critical

A livery cab driver was arrested last month after he ran into a pedestrian in a crosswalk in Brooklyn. The cab driver, a seventy-nine-year-old man, hit the pedestrian, a sixty-five-year-old man, in a crosswalk at Nostrand Avenue and Quentin Road in Marine Park. The victim had been on his way to a synagogue nearby, where […]