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5 Injured in Flatbush apartment building fire
A fire broke out at an apartment building in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, resulting in minor injuries for five people, ABC 7 News informs. Footage on the Citizen App shows the scene at the building on Ocean Avenue in Flatbush. The FDNY reported that the fire affected the basement and first floor of the four-story bu...
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Four residents saved from blaze, fifty displaced after Passaic fire
Fifty people were left homeless after a fire broke out in Passaic on Sunday night, ABC 7 News informs. Firefighters rescued four residents from a burning home on High Street around 9 p.m. as heavy flames engulfed the two-story building. Neighbors knocked on doors in a concerted effort to ensure everyone was account...
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2 dead in apartment fire in New Rochelle, Westchester County
Two people died in an apartment fire in New Rochelle on Friday morning. The fire erupted in an apartment on Eastchester Road shortly after 7 a.m., ABC 7 News reports. The people were pulled from the apartment in cardiac arrest and pronounced dead after. "It was on the third floor, heavy fire out of two windows," s...
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3-alarm fire burns SoHo rooftop as neighbor aids firefighters with garden hose
A three-alarm fire erupted on the roof of a SoHo building, prompting a heroic response from a good Samaritan, ABC News 7 informs. As firefighters battled the blaze atop 463 Broome Street, a man on a nearby rooftop sprang into action with his garden hose. Robert Lobe, a SoHo resident, was seen by NewsCopter7 spraying ...
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Child and mother struck and killed by bus near school in Mamaroneck
A kindergartner and his mother were killed after being struck by a school bus while walking to school on Thursday morning, ABC News7 reports. The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. on Mamaroneck Avenue near New Street. First responders found both victims lying on the road. The 6-year-old child was pronounced dead a...
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RV covered in Trump campaign posters crashes into pole on Staten Island
Authorities are investigating a single-vehicle accident involving an RV that was covered in campaign material for former President Donald Trump on Staten Island, PIX 11 News reports. The incident occurred near Hylan Boulevard and Reid Avenue around 12 p.m. The RV with two people inside collided with a pole, according ...
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SUV crashes into MTA bus in the Bronx
A driver is in custody after attempting to flee from police during a traffic stop and crashing into an MTA bus in the Bronx, - ABC 7 News reports. The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. at East 204 Street and Valentine Avenue. According to police, officers were attempting a car stop at the location when a grey SUV byp...
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Investigators determining how car crashed through wall of Bronx parking deck
In the Bronx, an overturned car lay beneath the parking deck it had fallen from, leaving behind wads of cash and a phone, along with a significant question: How did someone walk away from this? - ABC News 7 writes. A woman, claiming ownership of the now-destroyed vehicle, said she drove all the way from Pennsylvania...
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57-year-old man dies in house fire in Queens
The FDNY says a 57-year-old man Roger Assmann and his dog are dead after a fire at his mother's house in Queens, - ABC 7 News writes. The deadly fire occurred in the South Ozone Park around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Citizen app video shows heavy flames and smoke at a house on 133rd Street. An Uber driver says he saw th...
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FDNY battles blaze at Brighton Beach home
Firefighters battled a blaze that erupted in a Brighton Beach home on Tuesday afternoon, - AM NY writes. On June 11, numerous calls reported the fire at 3067 Brighton 3rd Street. FDNY units arrived just before 1 p.m. to find heavy fire and smoke emanating from the basement of a two-story brick house. Fire Department ...
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Arrest made in East Patchogue hit-and-run that killed volunteer firefighter
Police on Long Island have arrested a woman in connection with a hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of a volunteer firefighter, - ABC 7 News reports. Maria Guallpa-Bonilla, 36, from Bellport, faces charges related to the hit-and-run incident that killed 22-year-old Christopher Hlavaty, a dedicated volunteer ...
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Elderly pedestrian, 86, decapitated by city truck in Brooklyn
An elderly pedestrian was tragically decapitated in Brooklyn on Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle from the city's Department of Transportation, according to police and sources, - NY Post writes. The 86-year-old man was crossing 92nd Street around 3:30 p.m. when a truck hit him at Dahlgren Place in Bay Ridge. ...
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Firefighters combat dual blazes in Canarsie and East Flatbush
Firefighters contended with two simultaneous fires in Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon, - Brooklyn Paper writes. At around 12:45 p.m. on June 8, units responded to heavy smoke emerging from the roof of a two-story attached house near East 78th Street and Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie. Over 100 firefighters used five hose...
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Citi Bike rider killed in crash with beer truck in Manhattan
A cyclist on an electric Citi Bike was killed after being struck by a beer delivery truck in Manhattan, police reported, - NY Post writes. The incident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on Friday. According to authorities, the 26-year-old driver of a Lagunitas beer truck was traveling east on W. 50th St. when he turned ri...
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NYPD: driver and passenger ejected in Bronx accident
Two people were ejected from a vehicle in the Bronx on Sunday morning following an SUV crash, police reported, - PIX 11 New York informs. A 2015 BMW SUV was traveling on Webster Avenue near Bedford Park Boulevard when it lost control and collided with parked vehicles around 8 a.m. Both the driver and a passenger were ...
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21 displaced after four-alarm fire through homes in Bayonne, New Jersey
Nearly two dozen people were displaced after a massive fire tore through homes in Bayonne, New Jersey, on Friday evening, - ABC7 News reports. Fire officials responded to the scene at around 10:40 p.m. as heavy flames engulfed three homes on West 11th Street. Bayonne Battalion Chief Frank Pawlowski reported that the ...
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Woman killed in Bronx hit-and-run involving 2 cars
Police in the Bronx are on the lookout for the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident, - ABC News & reports. Authorities report that the incident occurred in the Morrisania section of the Bronx shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28. According to police, a woman was crossing Washington Avenue at East 1...
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3 injured, 2 critically, after Tesla crashes into building and catches fire in Elizabeth
Three people were injured, including two critically, after their Tesla crashed into a building and caught fire in Elizabeth, New Jersey, - ABC News 7 reports. The accident occurred on Trumbull Street just before 9 a.m. on Friday. One individual was transported to University Hospital in critical condition, another w...
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Lamborghini driver abandons car after hitting 9 parked vehicles in Brooklyn
Early Friday morning, a Lamborghini SUV driver collided with nine parked cars in East New York before abandoning the vehicle, - ABC News 7 reports. The incident occurred on Fulton Street shortly after 1:40 a.m. Fortunately, none of the parked cars were occupied. The driver fled the scene, and no arrests have been...
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Driver charged after Jewish students nearly run down in Brooklyn
A 58-year-old Brooklyn man, Asghar Ali, was arrested on charges of attempted murder and attempted assault as a hate crime after allegedly driving his car onto a sidewalk in front of a Jewish school and attempting to hit people while shouting antisemitic slurs, - NBC New York news reports. Ali faces additional charges...
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