Three New York City subway passengers sustained minor injuries on Sunday, Sept. 20 after the train derailed, The Associated Press reported. The accident occurred at approximately 8:15 a.m. at Manhattan’s 14th Street and Eight Avenue station. According to authorities, the subway derailed after hitting construction debris, which was suspected to have
What Is Cephalohematoma? Causes, Outlook & More
September 22, 2020A cephalohematoma is an accumulation of blood that collects between the skull and the scalp of newborns. The most common cause of cephalohematoma is undue trauma or force on the infant’s head. Cephalohematoma is characterized by a soft, bulging area on the back of an infant’s skull. The outlook for infants with this condition is generally
Collision in Long Island results in multiple fatalities
September 18, 2020
LONG ISLAND, N. Y. – An accident on Long Island's Southern State Parkway resulted in the death of four people and one critically injured reported the New York Post. At around 5:10 a.m. on Tuesday, a 33-year-old was driving in the wrong direction for a short period of time before crashing head-on into a Nissan Rogue carrying four people,
Woman Killed in Crash with Propane Delivery Truck
September 16, 2020CANASTOTA, N.Y. - A 22-year-old woman was struck and killed by a propane delivery truck Wednesday morning, Sept. 9th, on State Route 5 in Canastota. According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred when the victim, Paige Cosimeno of Canastota, was attempting to enter Rt. 5 from Delano Avenue when her vehicle was hit by the
One dead, two injured in delivery truck accident on New Jersey Turnpike
September 9, 2020CARTERET, N. J. – An accident on the New Jersey Turnpike involving a delivery truck and a car left one person dead and two injured, one critically, ABC7-NY reported. The crash occurred Monday morning, Aug. 31 in the southbound lanes about one mile south of Exit 12 in Carteret. Video from the ABC news station showed a delivery truck that went off
16 Injured in Bus Accident Near Port Authority Terminal in Manhattan
August 31, 2020NEW YORK, NY - Sixteen people were injured, one seriously, in a bus accident on a ramp near the Port Authority terminal around 9:30 a.m Saturday, Aug. 29, the New York Times reports. All sixteen people, including the bus driver, were transported to local hospitals after the bus crashed into a barrier at 39th Street and Ninth Avenue, the Port
Worker injured in New City accident
August 25, 2020NEW CITY, NY - A construction worker sustained injuries on Friday afternoon after he was trapped between a building wall and heavy equipment. Workers were performing construction on the New City Volunteer Ambulance Corps Headquarters located at 200 Congers Road. At approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 14, officers from the Clarkstown Police
UPDATED STORY: Worker killed during water line installation was run over by a front-end loader
August 25, 2020FISHKILL, NY - As we reported last week, a construction worker was killed on a job site early Wednesday morning. New details have emerged about the accident, indicating the worker was killed when he was run over by a front-end loader. The victim, 38-year-old Marcos Espinoza Daniel-Guallpa, was killed at approximately 7:11 a.m. on August 19.
Construction worker killed in accident in Fishkill
August 20, 2020TOWN OF FISHKILL, NY – A man was killed in a construction accident in the hamlet of Glenham early Wednesday morning, the Mid Hudson News reports. Town of Fishkill Police say that the accident occurred at a construction site near Old Town Road and Washington Avenue at around 7 a.m., when an unnamed 38-year-old man was crushed under a heavy piece
Motorcyclist killed in collision with dump truck in the Bronx
August 17, 2020
BRONX, NY - A man was killed when his motorcycle collided with a dump truck in the Bronx. The crash occurred at approximately 10:20 p.m. on Sunday, August 9th. A 2019 International dump truck and Honda CR80 motorcycle were both traveling south on Boston Road when the truck attempted to turn east on Waring Avenue and the motorcyclist struck
Three Injured in Head-On Tractor-Trailor Crash
August 14, 2020
LEONARDSVILLE, NY – Three people sustained severe injuries in a head-on tractor-trailer crash on Sunday evening. WKTV reports that the crash occurred at approximately 6:00 p.m. on August 2. William Chaisson was driving his pick-up truck north on State Route 8 near School Street when he collided head-on with a tractor-trailer. Witnesses
Tractor-trailer hits, kills woman on Bronx overpass
August 12, 2020BRONX, NY - A tractor-trailer struck four cars early Wednesday morning, killing a woman who became pinned between her vehicle and the overpass wall. The victim, Keara Rosa, 27, was killed at approximately 12:15 a.m. on August 5. Rosa was driving her silver Honda Civic on the Cross Bronx Expressway near Marmion Avenue when she experienced car
New York City Construction Attorney, John J. Nonnenmacher of Oresky & Associates, PLLC Settles Westchester Scaffold Accident For $2,500,000.00
August 5, 2020This construction accident settlement involves a 45- year old undocumented worker who fractured his right ankle as the result of falling from a scaffold in Westchester County. The accident occurred on property that consisted of 650 acres of farmland and two buildings. The owner of the property hired the worker’s employer to connect the two existing
Pedestrian injured by falling subway basket in Brooklyn
August 4, 2020
BROOKLYN, NY - A pedestrian was injured when a basket used to catch falling debris fell from an elevated platform on Sunday. The accident occurred at 11:46 a.m. on August 2nd when workers were performing maintenance on the elevated subway platform at Alabama Avenue near Fulton Street. During maintenance, a loosened metal debris basket fell
Bronx & Queens Construction Accident Trial Lawyer John J. Nonnenmacher Wins $6.5 Million Dollar Verdict for Worker Injured in A Ladder Scaffold Accident
August 3, 2020On January 16, 2015 the Plaintiff, a 29-year-old undocumented construction worker was injured at a construction site when the scaffold he was working on collapsed. At the time of this accident, the plaintiff was performing taping work to the ceiling on the third floor of the building. His employer had provided him with a flimsy scaffold that did
Bronx & Queens Construction Accident Lawyer John J. Nonnenmacher, Esq of Oresky & Associates, pllc Settles Worker’s Fall From Ladder Case For $5.6 Million Dollars
August 3, 2020This case involves a Bronx plumber’s fall from the 6th rung of an 8- foot A-frame ladder at a construction site. On the date of his construction accident, the worker was employed by a plumbing contractor who was hired by a school to replace the building’s existing plumbing system. At the time of his accident, the worker was attempting to install
Driver killed in collision with tractor-trailer
July 30, 2020TUXEDO, NY – Early on Monday morning, a man was killed after he lost control of his SUV and crashed into a parked tractor-trailer on I-87. The collision occurred at approximately 3:00 a.m. on July 20, as reported by the Daily Voice. Sheik A. Bacchus, 51, was driving his 2013 Dodge Durango on northbound I-87. Near mile marker 38, Bacchus lost
Manhattan construction platform collapses
July 23, 2020
MANHATTAN, NY - A construction platform suspended from the top of an 11-story building collapsed on Thursday afternoon, killing one worker and severely injuring three others. ABC 7 New York reports that the accident occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. on July 16. Multiple construction workers were performing exterior repairs on a building
Distracted driver injures construction flagger
July 22, 2020
HUDSON, NY – A construction flagman was injured on Friday morning when a driver ignored the worker’s stop sign. The construction accident occurred at approximately 8:25 a.m. on Friday, July 10, according to Hudson Valley 360. A 22-year-old flagger was injured while working on a construction site for the Empire State Trail Project. The victim
Partial building collapse injures one in Manhattan
July 22, 2020
MANHATTAN, NY – The top of a five-story building in Murray Hill collapsed on Wednesday, causing bricks to fall to the street, injuring one person below. GWYNNE HOGAN/GOTHAMIST A five-story building’s exterior wall began to crumble at approximately 12:30 p.m. on July 8. According to Gothamist, the building, located at 205 East 38th Street,
Stolen Box Truck Hits Multiple Cars, Killing One
July 17, 2020
QUEENS, NY - A 37-year-old man driving a stolen box truck collided with multiple vehicles, killing a Queens father of five. Source: Gardiner Anderson for New York Daily News The multi-vehicle collision occurred on Tuesday, June 20, at approximately 1:15 p.m. According to the New York Daily News, Ramon Pena stole an unattended moving
Brooklyn Building Collapses, Injures One
July 17, 2020BROOKLYN, NY – At least one person was injured when a three-story building under construction collapsed on July 1. The Body Elite Gym at 348 Court Street collapsed just before 5:00 p.m. CBS 2 New York reports that building management hired a construction company to add more windows and make changes to the interior. Several weeks before the
Amazon truck crash injures four, kills infant
July 13, 2020CRANBURY, NY - An Amazon Prime shipping truck struck the back of a vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike Friday night, killing a young boy and injuring four others in the accident. The crash occurred at approximately 11:00 p.m. on Friday, June 24. According to NJ.com, New York trucker Euclides R. Santos, 53, was driving an Amazon Prime
Two injured when flatbed truck overturns on RFK
July 7, 2020
BRONX, NY – A rented flatbed truck overturned on the RFK on Tuesday afternoon, spilling steel girders across the highway and injuring two people. Workers load steel girders onto a flatbed truck after another truck overturned, dumping tons of steel onto the roadway of Interstate 87 from the RFK Bridge. (Photo by Todd Maisel) On June 23, two
Garden City worker injured after fall from roof
July 7, 2020
GARDEN CITY, NY - A worker suffered serious injuries on Tuesday morning after falling off the roof at the Covanta Plant. (Courtesy Nassau County Police Department) The incident occurred at 10:45 a.m. on June 23. A 53-year-old construction worker was repairing the roof at the Covanta waste-to-energy plant at 600 Merchants Concourse. The
