Category Archives: Personal Injury
Workers Injured in Astoria Construction Site Accident
Three construction workers suffered serious injuries in an accident in Astoria, Queens, on Tuesday, June 20. According to the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), the workers became trapped after the upper section of a house collapsed on 28th Road, resulting in the roof caving in and pinning them in the basement. FDNY Commissioner Daniel… Read More »
Construction Workers Injured When Scaffolding Collapses at Long Island Construction Site
Six construction workers in Queens were injured after scaffolding at the worksite collapsed. The accident reportedly occurred the morning of June 26 just before 11 a.m., between 42nd Road and Queens Plaza South. Scaffolding had been set up on the fifth floor of the building. Fortunately, the injuries were likely non-life threatening. The New York… Read More »
Study Shows Memorial Day Deadliest Holiday for Car Accidents
Memorial Day weekend is in the rearview mirror for this year, but on an annual basis, it is the deadliest weekend of the year for auto accidents. According to a study by ValuePenguin, a person is four times more likely to die in a car crash over Memorial Day weekend than any other weekend of… Read More »
Study: Car Accidents Still Leader in Child Deaths, But Seatbelts Save Lives
Recent research published in the Journal of Pediatrics provides some eye-opening information on the rates of child deaths in auto accidents and the measures that can be used to prevent them. According to studies performed by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, the… Read More »
Man Arrested After Driving into Pedestrians in Times Square
Tourists and locals were stunned when a man sped his 2009 Honda Accord into a group of pedestrians in busy Times Square. An 18-year-old woman was killed and another 22 people were injured in the mayhem. The incident happened Thursday, May 18. The woman who died was a tourist from Portage, Michigan. The driver, meanwhile,… Read More »
Driver Charged with DWI After Injuring 3 in Staten Island Crash
A man has been charged with driving while intoxicated after getting into an accident that injured his two passengers. According to police, the 59-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle, striking a utility pole. The accident occurred at the intersection of Arden Avenue and Hylan Boulevard in the Staten Island neighborhood of Annadale at approximately… Read More »
Rochester Woman Dies After Accident on New York State Thruway
A woman from Rochester was killed and two others were injured in a car accident that occurred June 8 on the New York State Thruway in Lancaster. The 45-year-old woman, a professor at the University of Buffalo School of Nursing, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the New York State Police, the accident… Read More »
Man Arrested After Causing Wrong-Way Crash on Long Island Expressway
A man from Westchester County was arrested and subsequently charged with reckless endangerment and driving while intoxicated after allegedly causing a wrong-way crash on the Long Island expressway. The accident occurred in the early hours of Monday, May 22. According to police, the man entered the highway on an off-ramp in his 2007 Nissan Murano,… Read More »
Police Arrest Suspect Allegedly at Fault for Hit-and-Run Crash in Brentwood
Police in Long Island recently arrested a man suspected of causing a fatal hit-and-run accident in Brentwood in late March. The 54-year-old man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The accident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday, March 24 on Washington Avenue. According to a Suffolk County Police Department… Read More »
Workers’ Compensation Reform Debate Heats Up in New York
A recent analysis has found that New York has the third-highest workers’ compensation rates out of the 50 states plus Washington, D.C. Critics of the state’s workers’ compensation system are calling for reform, focusing mostly on the level of care injured workers receive, the costs to businesses and the amount of time it takes to… Read More »