A 22-year-old woman was killed in Manhattan last week when two taxi cabs hit her. She was crossing York Avenue in the Upper East Side when the first taxi collided with her, sending her into the path of the second cab.The victim's two companions, her sister and a male...
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Taxi Runs Red Light And Hits Brooklyn School Bus, Injuring Students
A collision caused a school bus to roll onto its side in a Bedford-Stuyvesant intersection last week, injuring six children and three adults.The crash occurred at Halsey Street and Marcy Avenue when a New York City Boro cab ran a red light. The impact caused the cab...
Taxi Drivers Peeved About ‘Vision Zero,’ But Should They Be?
Very few people enjoy significant changes at their workplace. Change pushes workers out of their comfort zone and forces them to relearn duties or routines. For this reason, it is not surprising that New York City taxi drivers are unhappy with proposals outlined in...
U.K. Tourist Suing NYC For $27.5M After Taxi Amputation Accident
We previously wrote about a young British woman, Sian Green, who nearly died after a NYC taxi accident in August (original story here). The U.K. tourist was saved by a quick-thinking plumber who applied his belt as a tourniquet on her severely damaged leg. The young...
Woman Killed On 65th Birthday In Manhattan Pedestrian Crash
A Manhattan woman was recently celebrating her 65th birthday by taking a walk with her boyfriend, but the pleasant stroll turned into a nightmare. The woman and her boyfriend, 69, were on the sidewalk near East 102nd Street and Park Avenue when a taxi ran a red light....
SUV-Livery Cab Accident Kills 2, Injures 4 In Bronx
A horrifying collision killed two men in a livery cab Saturday in the Bronx. The driver, 51, and his passenger, 54, were travelling on the Hutchinson River Parkway when an SUV travelling in the opposite direction lost control and hit the median before launching into...
Tourist Loses Leg In Manhattan Taxi-Pedestrian Crash
A 23-year-old British woman recently lost her leg when a taxi jumped the curb in Midtown Manhattan. The cab swerved onto the sidewalk at 49th Street and Sixth Avenue and hit the English tourist. The collision sent her flying into the air and completely severed her...
Midtown Red Light Accident Involves Two Taxis, One Pedestrian
Earlier this week in Midtown, a taxi accident sent two men to the hospital. The bizarre accident involved not one, but two taxis.According to police, a taxi ran a red light at the intersection of 52nd Street and 7th Avenue. The red-light running taxi struck another...
Brooklyn Motorcycle Accident Kills Passenger; Taxi Cab Flees Scene
A 37-year-old woman is dead after a motorcycle accident on a Brooklyn highway. The victim was a passenger on a BMW motorcycle driven by a 42-year-old man when he lost control of the bike and struck the center median of the Belt Parkway. His passenger was ejected over...
Weekend Filled With Lots Of Tragedy In Brooklyn, Bronx
It was a particularly devastating weekend for pedestrians in the Bronx and Brooklyn - even by NYC standards. The string of accidents caused five hospitalizations and two wrongful deaths. Most of the victims were children.On Friday in the Bronx, two boys were...
NYC Pedestrian-Crash Epidemic Continues At Furious Pace
It's hard to keep up with all the pedestrian crashes in New York City that have occurred over the past several days. The unacceptable pedestrian-accident rate has continued, and may even be accelerating.Here are some pedestrian- and cyclist-collision stories from...
Brooklyn Taxi-Van Crash Injures 11
At least 11 people were injured Thursday morning when a "dollar van" and taxi collided in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood. The crash occurred at Lefferts and Rogers Avenues. Accident-scene photos published by the Daily News show that a third vehicle, a sedan,...