Along with the convenience and flexibility afforded by mobile communication devices comes the increased probability of a driver being distracted from the road, possibly causing an accident that results in injury to a bystanding party. Statistics provided by the...
Car Accidents
Tracy Morgan, 3 others file suit in deadly motor vehicle accident
New York native and comedian Tracy Morgan has filed a lawsuit in New Jersey's U.S. District Court along with three other plaintiffs against corporate behemoth Walmart over the June 7 wreck on the New Jersey Turnpike. That accident killed a member of Morgan's entourage...
Fatal construction site accident occurs at billion-dollar plant
A recent fatality at a manufacturing plant for computer chips in Malta temporarily halted construction while the death was investigated. The spokesman for GlobalFoundries issued a news release confirming a fatal accident had occurred at the $8.5 billion site, but the...
Man faces murder charge after car accident kills trooper
Most people drive safely on the roadways. Motorists don't typically drive in a manner that will intentionally kill another person. Unfortunately, that was what happened when a man intentionally drove his car off the road and struck a New York State trooper. The...
9-year-old girl dead, 5 others injured in New York car accident
A 62-year-old man is facing criminal charges after he fled from a minor accident that he caused and proceeded to plow into two more cars. The second accident happened in Brooklyn and resulted in a fatality. Five people were injured, and a 9-year-old girl was killed in...
2 injured in 2-truck rear-end accident
An accident between a garbage truck and a delivery truck on April 22 resulted in serious injuries to two individuals. Witnesses at the scene of the auto accident, which occurred near New York City's Columbus Circle at about 5:30 a.m., say that the privately owned...
7 injured in string of hit-and-run collisions
A multiple-vehicle accident that took place in New York on March 31 left a total of seven people injured. According to the report, the accident took place on Clarkson Avenue in Brooklyn at approximately 1:30 a.m. Police stated that a Toyota SUV was traveling on...
Wrong-way driver kills female passenger
A motorist was charged with criminal negligent homicide after killing a woman while driving the wrong way on the New York Tappan Zee Bridge. The multi-car crash occurred on July 23, 2013. The 69-year-old defendant was arraigned and jailed in March 2014. According to...
Multiple people injured when car crashes into building
A car reportedly crashed into a building in New York on March 10. According to the report, the accident, which occurred on East Avenue in the Bronx, took place when there were more than 20 workers inside. Luckily, no one was killed.Apparently, a male driver was...
New York accident leaves two critically injured
Witnesses and the FDNY say that two people were critically injured in a car accident in the Murray Hill neighborhood in Queens on New Year's Eve. Authorities took two injured drivers to New York Hospital Queens following the car accident. Police provided little...






