Motor Vehicle Accidents

From gridlocked traffic to a dearth of legal parking spaces, navigating the streets of Manhattan is not for the faint of heart. Motorists in New York City and other major metropolitan areas face different challenges than drivers in less populated locales.It can easily...

One of the problems of hit-and-run accidents is that there often is no closure for the victims or their survivors. Because these negligent drivers leave the scenes of their accidents, the victims are unable to hold them either criminally or civilly responsible for...

If you had difficulty getting to your after-work destination last evening in Midtown, you were certainly not alone.Traffic was backed up for blocks on Thursday, June 21, as demonstrators took to the streets of Manhattan protesting the state legislators' failure to...

Avid city cyclists and intrepid bike messengers have their share of scars and stories from being "doored" on New York City streets. They're cycling along, minding their own business and obeying the traffic laws, when all of a sudden, some oblivious driver or passenger...

Imagine sitting down for a leisurely meal of wine and pasta with family members or a date at your favorite Italian restaurant, only to have your meal abruptly ended when a car crashes through the eatery's windows.That's what diners at Mamaroneck's Enzo's Ristorante...

The charges related to a crash were upgraded this week for one 23-year-old man from the incorporated village of Bellport in Suffolk County on Long Island's South Shore.Back in February, prosecutors allege that the man was speeding in a stolen vehicle and stoned on pot...

Authorities investigating the cause of a charter bus collision on Sunday, April 8 have shifted their focus to the non-commercial GPS device installed on the bus. It allegedly failed to warn the driver of a low-clearance overpass on Long Island's Southern State...

An unlicensed driver, 37, crashed into motorists and a motorcyclist last weekend on the Long Island Expressway, killing one and injuring eight others, police report. Police charged him with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle (third degree), driving...

According to New York City authorities, the pilot of a helicopter taking sightseeing tourists aloft that crash-landed on March 11 near Gracie Manor in the East River told those investigating the fatal collision that a lever may have been inadvertently triggered. It's...

A scene of almost unimaginable carnage unfolded earlier this week in a Brooklyn Park Slope neighborhood. A 44-year-old woman driving a white Volvo plowed into a group of pedestrians in the crosswalk , fatally injuring a 1-year-old infant and a toddler, 4.As reported...