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New York Car Accidents

• Massapequa Car Accident Kills Elderly Woman
  Jan 27, 2010

  A Massapequa car accident claims the life of an elderly lady when she was struck by a car while walking along the street in her hometown. The pedestrian accident took place at approximately 11:00 AM on Wednesday morning, January 20, 2010, on Broadway near Toronto Avenue.
  
  According to the Nassau Police Department, the female victim, Rosalia Raia, 85, of Massapequa, was walking eastbound along Broadway when the accident occurred. That is when she was reportedly struck by an 18-year-old woman who was driving a 1999 Ford.
  
  Rescue crews transported the elderly victim to Nassau University Hospital Center. However, she was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident from injuries sustained in the late morning pedestrian accident.
  
  The driver was not reported as suffering any injuries in the accident. There were no other injuries reported. It was unclear if anyone else was traveling in the Ford at the time of the accident.
  
  According to Seventh Squad detectives, the 18-year-old driver was not apparently breaking any laws when her Ford slammed into the elderly woman. Police have not released the name of the driver.
  
  The Massapequa accident is still under investigation by local authorities. Police have not yet determined why the unidentified driver hit elderly pedestrian. - 1 - 10

• Brooklyn Car Accident Kills Driver After Car Hits Pole
  Jan 24, 2010

  A Brooklyn car accident kills a driver and injures five others after the minivan he was driving slams into a telephone pole. The incident took place at approximately 3:30 AM on Sunday morning, January 17, 2010, in East Flatbush.
  
  According to police, a 32-year-old male, was behind the wheel of a 2002 Honda Odyssey that lost control and hit a telephone pole near the intersection of Tilden Avenue and Kings Highway. The force of the impact ejected the man out of the side window leaving him pinned underneath the minivan.
  
  “The van was on top of the driver,” reported a witness. “They had to jack up the vehicle to get it off him.”
  
  The unidentified driver was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital where he was pronounced dead a few minutes after arrival.
  
  According to officials, there were five other passengers in the minivan at the time of the accident. Details concerning their injuries were not made available, however, their injuries were not considered life-threatening.
  
  Investigators indicated that the victims had been at a local nightclub and had just left when the minivan hit the pole.
  
  The fatal Brooklyn accident is still under investigation; however, investigators indicated that they do not intend to file any criminal charges.
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• A Brooklyn Car Accident Claims the Lives of Two Women
  Jan 22, 2010

  A Brooklyn car accident involving a vehicle that lost control claims the lives of two women after they were ejected from the car. The incident took place at approximately 3:30AM on Sunday morning, January 10, 2010 on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn.
  
  According to police, a 1996 Infiniti heading eastbound driven by Oleg Pantchenko, 29, of Gravesend, Brooklyn, lost control on the Belt Parkway. The car reportedly struck a guardrail, swerved across several lanes of traffic, and plowed into several other cars.
  
  Two unidentified female passengers riding in the Infinity were ejected from the vehicle. Rescue crews pronounced the 24 and 33 year old women dead at the scene of the accident. Officials did not release the names of the two victims.
  
  Rescue crews transported a third female passenger who was in the Infiniti to Lutheran Medical Center. She has been listed in stable condition, according to police.
  
  There were no other injuries reported in the multi-vehicle accident.
  
  According to police, a breath test showed that Pantchenko’s blood alcohol level was at 0.054 percent. He has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, driving while impaired by alcohol, criminally negligent homicide and first-degree manslaughter.
  
  The fatal Brooklyn car accident is still under investigation by local authorities. - 3 - 10

• Toddler Fighting For Her Life in Staten Island Accident
  Jan 13, 2010

  A Staten Island car accident involving three vehicles along the Martin Luther King Expressway leaves an 18-month-old girl fighting for her life. The incident took place at approximately 12:00 PM on Monday afternoon, January 4, 2010, in Graniteville.
  
  The toddler, Gina Marie Fantauzzi, 18 months, of Staten Island, was rushed into emergency surgery at Richmond University Medical Center following the accident that involved three vehicles near exit 10 along the Martin Luther King Expressway in Graniteville. A hospital spokesperson was unable to provide Fantauzzi’s condition, citing hospital policies.
  
  Rescue workers performed CPR on Fantauzzi at the scene of the accident. “They were able to get the child conscious and breathing again,” according to Fire Department spokesperson Frank Dwyer.
  
  Fantauzzi was riding in her mother’s car at the time of the accident. Her mother, Kathleen Fantauzzi, 32, of Staten Island, was also transported to Richmond University Medical Center. It was reported that she suffered leg injuries sustained in the accident.
  
  According to police, the other two vehicles in the accident were minivans. The drivers, a 47-year-old man and a 51-year-old man, suffered minor injuries. Both drivers were cited for driving without a valid driver’s license.
  
  The three-vehicle accident is still under investigation by the New York Police Department Accident Investigation Squad. The cause of the accident has not been made available. - 4 - 10

• Staten Island Accident at Local Mall Injures Senior
  Jan 11, 2010

  A Staten Island car accident involving a hit-and-run driver leaves an elderly lady seriously injured after she is struck by a car. The incident took place at approximately 4:00 PM on Saturday afternoon, December 26, 2009, outside the Staten Island Mall.
  
  According to a New York City Police spokesperson, the victim, Diana Fazio, 73, of Sea View, was struck by a black 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche in the mall’s parking lot. According to reports, the driver of the Chevrolet attempted to pass a car that stopped at a stop sign in front of him, and struck Fazio.
  
  According to court papers, Fazio suffered a broken hip and required surgery as a result of the accident. She will be required to walk with a cane for the reminder of her life.
  
  The driver, Vullnet Vrlaku, 26, of Mariners Harbor, fled the scene but was spotted by a witness. However, Vrlaku turned himself into authorities three days later. “I didn’t see her. She came out of nowhere,” he told police.
  
  According to William J. Smith, a spokesperson for District Attorney Daniel Donovan, Vrlaku was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident.
  
  The Staten Island hit-and-run accident is still under investigation by local authorities. - 5 - 10

• Staten Island Accident Leaves Shopping Mom Pinned
  Dec 29, 2009

  A Staten Island accident involving a sport utility vehicle (SUV) leaves a shopping mom pinned when the SUV loses control and crashes through the front of a busy Dollar Tree store. The freak accident happened around 1:30 PM, on Sunday afternoon, December 13, 2009, in the Marines Harbor store.
  
  When rescue workers arrived at the scene, they found the woman pinned underneath the SUV. They had to lift the vehicle in order to free the woman who had been waiting in line for a cashier.
  
  She had two young sons with her at the time of the accident, including a toddler who was in the shopping cart when the SUV crashed through the glass front of the store and into the woman, according to witnesses.
  
  Rescue workers transported the unidentified woman to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton. She was treated for unspecified injuries sustained in the accident. Neither of the children suffered any injuries.
  
  Holiday shoppers were stunned as they witnessed the crash. “She didn’t see the car coming through because her back was to the front,” said Wonder Wiltshire, of Rosebank, who was standing next to the victim at the time of the accident.
  
  The Staten Island accident in Mariners Harbor is still under investigation. Local authorities have not released the identity of the driver of the SUV. The cause of the accident has not been determined and no other injuries were reported. - 6 - 10

• Staten Island Accident Leaves Two Injured, One Arrested
  Dec 26, 2009

  A Staten Island accident along the West Shore Expressway in Huguenot leaves two people injured and one under arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol. The incident took place at approximately 8:00 PM on Tuesday evening, November 24, 2009.
  
  According to local police, the accident happened when a blue 2003 Ford Windstar minivan slammed into a black Chevrolet Avalanche sport utility vehicle (SUV) in the New Jersey-bound lanes of the West Shore Expressway.  The force of the impact caused the Ford to come to rest atop a metal guardrail along the shoulder. The SUV suffered extensive front-end damage.
  
  The driver of the Ford minivan, Steven DeFilippo, 22, of Prince’s Bay, was transported to Staten Island Hospital where he was treated for injuries sustained in the wreck.
  
  The unidentified driver of the SUV also suffered injuries in the crash. However, the injuries were not considered to be serious.
  
  DeFilippo was placed under arrest for driving while under the influence of alcohol.
  
  According to officials, the accident caused the expressway to be shut down and commuters to be rerouted as police and rescue workers responded to the scene.
  
  The Staten Island accident is still under investigation by local authorities. - 7 - 10

• Mattituck Accident Leaves One Woman Injured and Two Horses Dead
  Dec 19, 2009

  A Mattituck car accident involving a single vehicle and two horses leaves one woman injured and the horses dead. The incident took place at approximately 5:30 AM on Thursday morning, December 10, 2009, in Staten Island.
  
  According to Southold Police, the driver was heading westbound on Sound Avenue near Bergen Avenue, when the two horses strayed onto the road and into the path of the vehicle. Maria Bua-Pamargo, 55, of Mattituck, was driving her 2009 Toyota when she struck the horses, which apparently got loose from a nearby property, and were heading east. Reports indicate that there were no riders on the horses at the time of the accident.
  
  Rescue workers from the Mattituck Fire Department transported Bua-Pamargo to Peconic Bay Medical Center where she was treated for injuries sustained in the incident. She was later released. The extent of her injuries were not made known as of yet.
  
  The horses were found dead when police officials arrived on the scene. According to Police Chief Carlisle Cochran, the horses got loose from nearby Strawberry Fields Stables in Mattituck.
  
  The Mattituck accident is still under investigation by local authorities. It is unknown as to how the horses got loose from the farm. - 8 - 10

• Brooklyn Crash Injures Two
  Dec 04, 2009

  A Brooklyn car accident involving at least two vehicles leaves two people seriously injured and hospitalized. The accident took place just before 12:00 AM on Monday night, November 23, 2009 at the intersection of Lee Avenue and Rutledge Street in Williamsburg. According to witnesses, the accident may have been the end result of a police chase.
  
  “I heard sirens and saw a [civilian] car go really fast down the street and hit another vehicle,” reported a witness who wished to remain unidentified. The same witness also indicated that they believed that the car being chased was going at least 45 mile per hour.
  
  According to paramedics, two people were inured in the two-vehicle crash that took place at the intersection of Lee Avenue and Rutledge Street.  Rescue workers transported both victims to Bellevue Hospital where they were treated for injuries sustained in the accident. An unidentified EMT from the volunteer Hatzolah group described the injuries as being “very serious.” Investigators have not released the identities of the two victims.
  
  The Brooklyn accident is still under investigation by local authorities. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time. The witness who reported that the accident was a result of a police chase has not been verified.

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• One Person Killed in Staten Island Drunk Driving Accident
  Nov 27, 2009

  A Staten Island drunk driving accident leaves one person dead and another hospitalized. The incident took place at approximately 2:30 AM on Sunday morning, November 22, 2009 on the Staten Island Expressway.
  
  According to police, Lucia Negrete, 25, of the South Park Slope section of Brooklyn, was a passenger in a car that apparently lost control and slammed into a guardrail along the Staten Island Expressway near the Richmond exit. She was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
  The car’s driver, Jose Sandoval, 25, also from the South Park Slope area, was injured as well. Rescue worker transported Sandoval to Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze where he has been listed in stable condition.
  
  According to a law enforcement source, Sandoval’s blood alcohol content measured was at .239 percent, nearly three times the legal limit. The legal limit is .08 percent. He has been charged with criminal negligent homicide and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He is expected to be arraigned in Stapleton Criminal Court.
  
  The incident is the third consecutive weekend that someone died in a car crash on Staten Island.
  
  The accident is still under investigation by local authorities. No other vehicles are believed to have been involved in the crash. - 10 - 10

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