New York City residents who are injured in car accidents as a result of someone else’s negligence are justified under the law to seek personal injury compensation, even in a hit and run accident. Unfortunately in cases of a hit and run car accident, this isn’t always possible as sometimes those that leave the scene of an accident are never found. For one case however, New York State troopers were able to locate an individual involved in a hit and run, and this may only be the beginning of her legal troubles. A car accident occurred on the evening of October 2 in the Town

Car accidents are an unfortunate part of life in New York City, but that does not mean they are ever easy to handle. They are especially tragic when an innocent victim is cut down by a drunk driver. An off-duty New York City police officer is facing charges, loss of his job and a potential wrongful death lawsuit after he recently struck and killed a 22-year-old pedestrian on White Plains Road in the Wakefield section of the Bronx. The car accident occurred about 4 a.m. The victim later died at a local hospital. The off-duty officer has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide

Here in New York City, we often think of our police force and the admirable efforts they made with our fire department on 9/11 to save people’s lives. Our officers lay their lives on the line every day for our protection, which makes the tragic loss of an officer outside the line of duty bleak. In a recent car accident, an off duty New York City policeman was tragically killed. The officer was only 25-years-old and had only been on the force for a few years. He was driving on the Southern State Parkway when he was rear ended by another car. The driver of

Struck by two vehicles within a minute, a 48-year-old Englewood woman died on the roadway last month. She had been crossing the street when a northbound Chevy van hit her and threw her into the path of cars driving south. She was struck again by another car and, tragically, the dual car accident brought an untimely end to her life. The man driving the van is now in custody; he is a New York City man, age 52. The driver of the second car is yet unknown. The van’s driver had fled the scene and remained unidentified for a month. However, when he discovered that