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Drunk motorist crashes car into Long Island living room

An intoxicated dr served out of driver loses control of his vehicle and crashes right into a residents Long Island living room early Saturday morning. Gerard Tegins, 20, runs a stop sign at 2:30 a.m. heading southbound on Harrison and Parkside avenues in the Miller Place section of Suffolk County, according to authorities.

Then the 20 year old driver then crosses several front lawns on the block before crashing into a house at 352 Parkside Avenue. He was rushed to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson and treated for minor injuries, cops said.

“A Little Advice, Drinking and Driving Kills.” Say’s Paul Ajlouny, New York Car Accident Lawyer, “30 people in the US die in motor vehicle crashes that involve drunk drivers.

Statistically averaging out to one death every 51 minutes. So as life saving as this message has been, we still see drunk driving — Just NOT OK. Make a personal vow to drive sober but also STOP anyone under the influence from drinking and driving. Tackle the, take their keys away,answer that call when they are calling for a ride, MAKE A DIFFERENCE!”

Deadly Crash In The Bronx

According to NYPD an early morning car crash on Eastchester av. in the Bronx leaves 1 dead and 3 others seriously injured. Saturday, April 18 2015.

Deadly crash in Bronx

The deadly Crash happened at 222nd Street and Eastchester Road at 2 a.m. Saturday morning.

A 43-year-old man was killed early Saturday when his BMW was T-boned in the Bronx and sent hurtling into a pole, officials said. Alvin Fuster was traveling at a high rate of speed on E. 222nd St. near Eastchester Rd. in Baychester at 2 a.m. when he was struck by a Dodge Avenger, police said. The force of the horrifying impact sent the BMW off the street and into a utility pole.

“Just this last week there was another devastating, deadly crash that killed two  people on the Grand Central Pkwy service road due to high speed. These deadly high speed accidents should send a clear message to drivers, yet people continue to use New York city streets as if they are Nascar drivers. A bit of advice, “slow down!”, says New York car accident lawyer, Paul Ajlouny.

Dozens, including 23 children, hospitalized after truck and school bus collide in Queens Village.

23 children were taken to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park for observation when a truck that was hit by a school bus crashed into a fruit stand on Hillside Avenue and Hollis Court Boulevard in Queens Village on Friday, April 17, 2015, according to NYPD. Three people were also taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

Truck Vs. School Bus

School bus Vs truck crash, truck propels into Queens Village grocery store New Giant Farm.

2 people hospitalized in rollover crash after suspected car chase

Two people were hospitalized after a car rolled over at the end of a suspected high-speed pursuit. According to witnesses, a driver in a Lincoln MKZ tried to out run pursuing police. The car hit the median, then a taxi and ultimately flipped.

The rollover happened near I.S. 313 Diana Sands School in the Bronx. EMT says the two people injured in the crash were taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital. The two hurt people were the driver of the Lincoln and the driver of the cab.

Police Car Chase Accident

2 hospitalized in rollover after suspected car chase (4/17/15)

Williamsbridge multi vehicle crash

Bronx Car Accident

Multi Vehicle Crash E. 221st St. & Barnes Ave

A multicar crash in Williamsbridge has left at least one person injured this Friday morning April 3, 2015.

The car accident occurred on East 221st Street and Barnes Avenue.

Witnesses have reported that the black BMW was speeding and blew through a stop sign crashing into another vehicle.

According to New York car accident lawyer Paul Ajlouny, “People speed.This is an ongoing threat to other drivers and pedestrians throughout New  York.”

An study by the NYPD compares 2014 up against 2013 numbers and a considerable increase in speeding summons. Overall, ticketing in those categories was up across the city: 89,868 tickets in 2013, compared to 100,172 in 2014.

Here are the top five speeding ticket precincts.

  • 94th Precinct (Greenpoint)
  • 61st Precinct (Sheepshead Bay)
  • 62nd Precinct (Bensonhurst)
  • 79th Precinct (Bed-Stuy)
  • 60th Precinct (Coney Island)
  • 83rd Precinct (Bushwick)
  • 67th Precinct (East Flatbush)
  • 88th Precinct (Clinton Hill/Fort Greene)
  • 84th Precinct (Brooklyn Heights)
  • 68th Precinct (Bay Ridge)

Top Brooklyn tickets

  • Cell phone – 43,920
  • Safety belt – 37,010
  • Disobey sign – 29,889
  • Tinted windows -28,815
  • Uninsured – 18,954
  • Brake lights – 9,981
  • Speeding – 2,873*

“My advice to drivers out there, Is to slow down! It’s as simple as that.  Why risk your life or others. This is not about the numbers.  This is about safety.”, says Paul Ajlouny,

New York City police are writing more tickets citywide for the most serious traffic violations, according to a new WNYC analysis of police ticketing data. Targeting dangerous driver behavior is central to Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero plan to reduce traffic deaths (pdf).

Sunset Park’s 72nd precinct had the biggest increase, where officers wrote almost 80% more tickets in January, February, and March 2014 over last year. Red Hook’s nearby 76th precinct, the 24th precinct, including the Upper West Side neighborhood had drops in ticketing; where three people were killed in January.

*A data note: The 121st precinct in Staten Island was formed in July 2013 with portion of the 120th and 122nd precincts. In order to compare 2013 and 2014 data, WNYC has combined the current 120th, 121st and 122nd precincts. [1]

25 injured in crash involving MTA bus in E. Flatbush

A BMW heading southbound on Utica Ave. struck a Nissan Altima coming out of a parking lot in East Flatbush. The impact knocked the BMW into the path of a B46 bus. It has been reported that four people are listed in critical condition and more than 20 were treated for injuries.

The BMW was knocked into an oncoming B46 bus

Utica Ave & Clarendon Rd Crash with Multiple Injuries. 4 in critical condition.

The entire front end of the BMW crumpled in the crash with the driver’s side corner of the bus. Four men in the BMW were rushed to Kings County Hospital, where three were listed in critical condition. A woman in the Nissan Altima was also taken to Kings County Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The bus driver was also hospitalized with minor injuries.

MTA vs Car Collision

Car slams into a city bus in Brooklyn injuring a reported 25 people.

“It’s obvious that the driver of the BMW was speeding just from the catastrophic chain reaction of this accident.” says Paul Ajlouny, New York Car Accident Lawyer. “It is a jungle out there on New York City streets even with the implementation of the new 25mph speed limit. No one should feel too safe. In the last 4 years there have been 4 traffic fatalities.

On July 9, 2014, a 22-year-old man was killed after a collision between a BMW and a garbage truck in East Flatbush.

 

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