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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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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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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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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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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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