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Two Killed in New York City Motorcycle Accident

Posted on October 30, 2009
Two men were killed in a Queens New York motorcycle accident after they crashed into a car. According to an ABC News report, the accident occurred at the intersection of 32ns Avenue and 88th Street. The 2008 Yamaha motorcycle, which was westbound on 32nd Avenue struck a Dodge Intrepid, which was going south on 88th Street...

Long Island Auto Accident Kills Man

Posted on October 26, 2009
The New York Post reported recently that a Shirley man was hit and fatally injured by a pickup truck on the William Floyd Parkway near Sunrise Highway. The accident happened when a Center Moriches woman driving a 2004 Chevy Silverado hit the man and then fled the scene...

Mitsubishi Recalls Vehicles for Possible Airbag Defects

Posted on October 21, 2009
Mitsubishi is recalling about 530 Endeavor vehicles from its 2010 model year because the retainer bracket used for the seat-mounted side airbag frames may not have been properly welded. The airbag could fail in the event of the crash by failing to deploy...

New York City Construction Site Accidents Increase, Deaths Down

Posted on October 19, 2009
The number of New York City construction accidents has increased, but there have been fewer fatalities as a result of construction site accidents this year. According to a news report in the Insurance Journal, the number of reported construction accidents in New York increased by more than 40 percent compared to the same period in 2008...

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Toyota Recalls Vehicles for Defective Floor Mats

Posted on October 16, 2009
Toyota Motor Corp. has issued a large-scale auto product defect recall involving 3.8 million vehicles, the company's largest ever recall in the United States. According to an Associated Press news report, the recall is being issued to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash...

Brooklyn Fatal Construction Accident

Posted on September 28, 2009
A construction worker was killed in a New York City construction site accident after he plunged five stories when part of a scaffold collapsed in Brooklyn. According to a news article in the Insurance Journal, the worker had been resurfacing bricks on an apartment building's fa�ade when the accident occurred...

New York City Auto Accident Kills Man

Posted on September 25, 2009
A 36-year-old man was killed in a New York car accident after he slammed into the back of a Department of Transportation dump truck on the Brooklyn Bridge, the New York Daily News reports. Traffic investigators believe the man was traveling from his East New York home when he lost control of his 2008 gray Honda Accord and crashed into the truck...

Fatal New York DUI Auto Accident

Posted on September 23, 2009
A teenager has been charged with drunk driving after a fatal New York car accident, which killed a 31-year-old man, according to an ABC news report. New York police said a 2008 Lexus four-door gray sedan driven by an 18-year-old man struck a 31-year-old man on Sutter Avenue in Queens, N...

Honda Recalls Cars for Airbag Defects

Posted on September 21, 2009
Honda has recalled an additional 440,000 Civic, Accord and Acura TLs to repair a potential airbag defect, according to this CNN news report. This defective auto product recall in New York and throughout our nation involves driver-side airbags in certain 2001-02 Honda Accords, 2001 Civic models and 2002-03 Acura TLs...

Fatal Staten Island Motorcycle Accident

Posted on September 18, 2009
A 20-year-old man was critically injured and killed in a Staten Island motorcycle accident after his motorcycle collided with a livery cab. According to a news report in the Staten Island Advance, the motorcyclist was thrown off his bike after he crashed into a livery cab...

More DUI Car Accidents Caused by Women

Posted on September 16, 2009
Crime reports show drunk driving arrests among women are rapidly rising in the United States while DUI arrests among men are falling, according to a news report. A fatal New York car accident caused by an intoxicated female driver, which killed eight people including four children, has drawn attention to this issue in the last month...

Queens Hit-and-Run Car Accident Critically Injures Woman

Posted on September 14, 2009
A woman suffered critical injuries in a Queens pedestrian accident after an out-of-control van struck her inside Flushing Meadow Park, ABC News reports. Witnesses say the van was weaving in and out of traffic on the Van Wyck Expressway and then sped down the ramp, crashed into a parked vehicle, hopped a curb and then hit the woman...

Defective Blinds and Shades Pose Strangulation Hazard

Posted on September 11, 2009
Six companies have recalled about 4.2 million roll-up blinds and 600,000 Roman shades for a strangulation hazard that has reportedly resulted in the death of four young children and the near-strangulation of seven other children. According to a news report in The Baltimore Sun, the blinds and shades were sold at retailers nationwide including Target, Pottery Barn and IKEA...

Texting Ban Takes Effect in New York State

Posted on September 09, 2009
New York State lawmakers have officially passed a law that bans texting while driving across the state. According to a WKTV news report, texting while driving was banned in some counties, but now texting while driving is illegal across the entire state...

Contractor Fined in New York City Construction Accident

Posted on September 07, 2009
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Long Island concrete contractor $72,000 for repeated safety violations after a worker was injured in a construction accident, the Associated Press reports. Federal safety officials say the worker suffered non-life-threatening injuries in March when he fell 10 feet from the 34th floor to the 33rd floor of a midtown Manhattan building...

Defective Gas Grills Could Cause Burn Injuries

Posted on September 04, 2009
Fiesta is issuing a product safety recall for its Blue Ember gas grills after getting reports of burn injuries and other incidents. According to this consumer safety report, Fiesta has received 192 reports of grill fires resulting in nine injuries. Two of these incidents involved major burns on different parts of the body, six incidents of relatively minor burns and one incident involving temporary hearing loss...

New York Man Killed in DUI Car Accident

Posted on September 02, 2009
A Queens, New York, man, his sister and his cousin were killed on the Interstate 95 in Georgia after a drunk driver heading the wrong way plowed head-on into their minivan, the New York Daily News reports. The 59-year-old man and five of his relatives were reportedly driving from New York to Florida for a wedding when the pickup truck driven by a drunk driver slammed into their 2001 Mazda MPV...

Long Island Fatal Pedestrian Accident

Posted on August 28, 2009
A 51- year-old man was struck and killed by a FedEx truck in a Long Island pedestrian accident. The 25-year-old driver of the FedEx truck has not yet been charged. The man was killed when the truck struck him and then crashed into a line of parked cars...

BMW Recalls Vehicles for Airbag Defects

Posted on August 26, 2009
BMW is recalling its 2008 model 1-Series and 3-Series because of an airbag defect that might prevent the side airbag from deploying, causing a serious injury hazard in the event of a car accident. According to this news report, BMW North America officials say the side airbag defect was caused by an incorrect crimp connector that was used on the side airbag and belt tensioner wiring...

New York DUI Car Crashes Cause Significant Injuries

Posted on August 24, 2009
Three serious injury-causing driving while intoxicated (DWI) car accidents in New York State have helped shine the limelight on DWI laws in the state. According to this news report, New York State ranks well when it comes to tough DWI laws, which experts say, are sufficient to curb the problem of drunk driving...

New York Motorcycle Accident Injures Woman

Posted on August 21, 2009
A woman was injured in a motorcycle accident in New York after the motorcycle she was riding crashed with a pickup truck on Route 611 in Tannersville, the Pocono Record reports. The injured victim was airlifted to the hospital because of the extent of her injuries...

Manhattan Construction Accident Injures Worker

Posted on August 19, 2009
A worker was injured in a Manhattan construction accident when he took a fall at the World Trade Center construction site. According to this news report, the worker reportedly fell about five feet and suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. The construction site accident occurred near the intersection of Liberty and West Streets...

New York Car Accident Kills Eight

Posted on August 17, 2009
Eight people were killed in a three-vehicle New York car accident, including four children, according to this CNN news report. The car crash involved a minivan carrying five children and one adult that was heading the wrong way on a northbound lane of the Taconic State Parkway, New York State Police said...

New York Pedestrian Accident Injures Seven

Posted on August 14, 2009
Seven people were injured in a NY pedestrian accident when an out-of-control car in West New York collided with them, according to this CBS news report. The car apparently crashed into a bevy of shoppers who were gathered for a sidewalk sale on Berginline Avenue...

New York Plane and Helicopter Crash Kills 9, 2 Bodies Still Missing

Posted on August 11, 2009
Seven bodies were recovered by divers from the Hudson River on Monday, August 10, 2009 after the wreckage of a plane and sightseeing helicopter was found. According to a report, nine people were tragically killed in the New York air disaster that took place over Manhattan on Saturday, August 8, 2009, with the body of an adult passenger and the small plane?s pilot still missing...

New York's Texting Ban Not Serious, Experts Say

Posted on August 10, 2009
New York auto accident attorneys know that texting while driving is a dangerous activity responsible for hundreds of New York car accidents. Distracted drivers can cause accidents resulting in serious personal injury or even death. New York State's texting-while-driving ban is "not serious," observers and experts say...

New York Construction Accident Injures Man

Posted on July 27, 2009
A man was reportedly injured in a New York construction accident after a concrete ramp in a parking garage collapsed as he operated a compact construction vehicle. According to this Associated Press news report, the 47-year-old man was driving a payloader in the downtown building when the ramp gave way and fell one floor to the street level...

New York City Auto Accident Injures Eight

Posted on July 24, 2009
Eight people, including two New York Police Department officers, were injured after a police patrol car struck another vehicle and several pedestrians the afternoon of June 30, 2009. According to this CBS News report, the car accident in New York occurred on East 5th Street and Avenue D when the patrol car traveling at a high rate of speed on Avenue D crashed into a white sedan turning on to East 5th Street...

Staten Island Ferry Crash Injures 15

Posted on July 22, 2009
Fifteen people suffered injuries in a Staten Island ferry accident when the boat slammed into the dock, ABC News reports in a story. The ferry apparently had a "hard docking" when it lost power and struck the St. George's Pier. Officials say preliminary investigations show that the ferry had an electrical transformer malfunction...

GM to Assume Responsibility for Future Product Liability Claims

Posted on July 20, 2009
General Motors Corp. has agreed to take responsibility for future auto product liability claims, removing what may have been a huge obstacle on auto maker's path to a quick sale of its assets and emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a "new company...

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