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08/08/2024

LIRR crew saves family from burning home near Hicksville station

All NYC car and fire accidents in one source. All New York City car accidents. All New York City fire accidents. Facebook - Accident.biz; Instagram - accident.biz; X(Twitter) Accident.biz - https://x.com/AccidentBiz ___ This week’s MTA Heroes are a group of Long Island Rail Road employees who sprang into action to s...

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08/06/2024

Fire engulfs 7 Queens homes, injuring 14 including 11 firefighters

All New York City accidents in one source Facebook - Accident.biz; Instagram - accident.biz; X (Twitter) Accident.biz - https://x.com/AccidentBiz ___ A "very fierce fire" tore through seven homes in Queens on Saturday, injuring 14 people, including 11 firefighters, in a battle complicated by the hot weather, ABC News...

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08/02/2024

Driver and passenger unharmed after car crashes into Mattress Firm store in Hartsdale

A car crashed into a Mattress Firm store in Westchester County on Friday morning, just after 9 a.m. on Central Avenue, ABC 7 News reports. Fortunately, the store was closed at the time, and officials do not believe anyone was injured. The woman driving the car explained that she was trying to back up from a gas stat...

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07/31/2024

Watch the Videos: horrific NYC crash, pedestrian killed in high-speed chain reaction in Harlem

A shocking video captures a horrific chain-reaction crash, allegedly caused by a Mercedes driver running a red light, resulting in the death of a pedestrian and narrowly missing a woman with a shopping cart in Harlem on Monday, New York Post informs. Angel Melendez, 51, who had a 14-year-old boy as a passenger, was cha...

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07/30/2024

One man killed, another injured after hit by car in East Harlem

Police are investigating after a 51-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle in East Harlem on Monday afternoon, ABC 7 News informs. According to police, a driver who 'failed to navigate the road' struck two men as they were crossing the street. One of the men, aged 51, was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harl...

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07/30/2024

1 person pulled from BMW after collision with NYPD car in Bedford-Stuyvesant

A collision between an NYPD police vehicle and a car in Brooklyn resulted in at least one person being hospitalized, ABC 7 News report. The incident occurred around 6:30 a.m. on Monday at the intersection of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Green Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The police vehicle from the 79th precinct ...

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07/29/2024

8 injured, including 2 firefighters, in three-alarm fire at home in Jamaica, Queens

Eight people, including two firefighters, were injured after a three-alarm fire erupted at a home in Queens, ABC 7 News reports. Firefighters battled the flames at the two-story building on Liberty Avenue around 3 a.m. on Sunday. First responders transported one person to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and another ...

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07/27/2024

Car crashes into pole and catches fire in Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan witnessed a chaotic scene when a car collided with a pole and erupted in flames, ABC 7 News writes. The incident occurred shortly after 7 p.m. on Friday at the intersection of Nassau Street and Maiden Lane. Authorities report that the driver was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The ca...

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07/25/2024

MTA bus crashes into Burger King in Brooklyn after driver's medical episode

A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus crashed into a Burger King in Brooklyn early Thursday morning after the driver experienced a medical episode while on duty, ABC 7 News reports. Surveillance footage captured the incident, which occurred around 12:10 a.m. at the intersection of Fort Hamilton Parkway and...

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07/24/2024

FDNY: Sunset Park Fire Injures 13 People, including 2 firefighters

According to the FDNY, at least 13 people, including two firefighters, were injured in a fire at a Brooklyn building on Tuesday night, PIX 11 NY 1 informs. The fire broke out at 881 5th Ave. in Sunset Park around 8:45 p.m., prompting a response from at least 106 firefighters and EMS personnel. A video on the Citize...

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07/24/2024

9 injured, dozens of flights canceled or delayed after fire at Terminal 8 of JFK Airport

Nine people sustained minor injuries, and dozens of flights were affected after a small fire broke out at JFK Airport on Wednesday morning, ABC 7 news reports. The fire originated on an escalator in Concourse C, spreading smoke throughout Terminal 8 around 7:15 a.m. Approximately 960 people were evacuated and reloc...

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07/23/2024

Bike Rack Saves Pedestrians in Crash in Brooklyn

A New Jersey driver with a history of reckless behavior on New York City streets crashed onto a Brooklyn sidewalk on Monday morning. The out-of-control vehicle finally stopped after hitting a bike rack, StreetsBlogNYC reports. According to one witness, the driver jumped the curb on Kings Highway between E. 17th and 1...

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07/23/2024

Hit-and-run driver kills man on Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx

Early Sunday morning, a hit-and-run driver in the Bronx struck and killed a 51-year-old man on the Bruckner Expressway, AM NY informs. Police reported that the unidentified man was found around 5:20 a.m. on July 21 with severe traumatic injuries, lying on the expressway’s northbound lanes near Exit 8B into Pelham Bay...

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07/22/2024

2 firefighters injured in apartment fire in Belmont

Authorities report that a fire ignited on the sixth floor of 2345 Prospect Ave. in Belmont shortly before 1:30 a.m. early Monday morning, Channel 12 reports. According to the FDNY, two firefighters were injured while responding to the apartment blaze. After successfully extinguishing the flames, the injured firefig...

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07/22/2024

Fire rips through abandoned building in East Harlem

A fire ripped through a four-story apartment building in East Harlem, ABC 7 news informs. The flames ignited on the top floor of the building just before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday on East 109th Street. The building appeared to be vacant. The fire was brought under control within a few hours. ...

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07/22/2024

2 people in critical condition after fire destroys home in Laconia, Bronx

Two individuals are in critical condition following a fire that erupted at a home in the Bronx late Saturday night, ABC 7 News reports. Firefighters responded to the blaze at 2925 Throop Avenue around 11:30 p.m. and managed to bring it under control after midnight. The victims were transported to Jacobi Medical Cen...

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07/19/2024

FDNY firefighter injured battling fire in Brooklyn

An FDNY firefighter was injured while fighting a fire in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon, according to the FDNY, PIX 11 News NY reports. The fire broke out at 310 Powers St. at 2:12 p.m., the FDNY reported. The three-story building was engulfed in flames, officials said. Twelve fire units, comprising 60 FDNY member...

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07/18/2024

NYPD: Arson suspected in Brooklyn apartment fire that injured nine

Arson is suspected in a Brooklyn apartment fire that injured nine people early Tuesday morning, according to the NYPD, PIX 11 New York 1 informs. The fire erupted on Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick around 2:50 a.m., starting on the first floor, as reported by the FDNY. Witnesses told police that a man in his 60s was s...

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07/17/2024

Tenant who terrorized NYC apartment sets building ablaze and attempts to trap neighbors inside

Police in Brooklyn are searching for a man who reportedly tried to prevent people from escaping a burning building after he allegedly set it on fire, ABC News7 reports. The blaze injured nine residents, including a child, and two firefighters in an apartment building on Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick. The fire broke ou...

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07/15/2024

Scooter rider killed in car crash on Upper East Side; driver arrested

A scooter rider was killed in a collision with an SUV on the Upper East Side late Sunday night, ABC News 7 reports. The incident occurred just before midnight on East 79th Street, where a Volvo SUV traveling eastbound collided with an eastbound scooter. The scooter operator was pronounced dead at NewYork-Presbyteri...

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