At around 12:15 p.m. this afternoon, a taxi and another car were involved in an accident at 97th Street and Broadway. According to the FDNY, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and sustained head injuries. The identity of the victim is unknown, but they've been transported to St. Luke's Hospital. No injuries to the passengers in the vehicles were reported, and the NYPD couldn't tell us whether any criminality is suspected. more ›

Motor vehicles are the number one cause of death for children in NYC, but a new study (below) by Transportation Alternatives finds that children in or around public housing projects are disproportionately at risk. The report, which analyzed Dept. of Motor Vehicle data 1995-2009, says there are child crash "hot spots" in neighborhoods such as East Harlem and the Lower East Side, particularly near the projects. The LES recently saw a 12-year-old girl fatally run over while crossing the infamously dangerous Delancey Street, but the study finds East Harlem has the "worst intersection for child crashes" in all of Manhattan: East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] A 13-year-old girl is dead after being run over at the base of the Williamsburg Bridge in Manhattan. The unidentified sixth grader was hit around 2:30 p.m., and the FDNY tells us she was in cardiac arrest when they arrived on scene at Clinton Street and Delancey. She was rushed to New York Downtown Hospital, where she was pronounced D.O.A. The NYPD press office did not have any information about the accident yet, but there were reports of heavy traffic backups on the bridge. more ›

And here is the utterly heartbreaking story of Donna Fountain, a 38-year-old home health care aide who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Crown Heights on Christmas morning. Fountain was blocks from her home when she was run down at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue. Back at her apartment, her 8-year-old son waited with a babysitter for his mother to return from her morning shift and open presents with him. more ›

The family of a man injured in a motorcycle accident involving a 90-year-old driver is questioning whether someone that age should even be on the road. 55-year-old Angel Colon is suing 90-year-old Marion Clement after his leg was partially amputated due to an accident in Ancram. Clement was driving a rented minivan to visit her disabled son when she made a left into a group of motorcyclists. "They don't rent to 21-year-olds. Why should they rent to a 90-year-old?" Colon's wife asks the Post. Yeah! Who let that senior citizen out of her cage? more ›

A 36-year-old Queens man died after a car struck his motorcycle yesterday at 136th Avenue and Brookdale Boulevard around 6:00 p.m. in Rosedale. The NYPD confirmed with us that the driver of the car made an illegal U-turn at the intersection, and was driving with an expired license. Witnesses, however, tell the Post that the motorcyclist was driving recklessly and was hit by the car as it exited a driveway. "[He was] doing tricks on his bike, speeding up the street, maybe going 60-70 mph," a resident said, "He flew into the air. He landed on his face, and his helmet broke into three pieces." more ›

Friends of the 44-year-old stabbing victim who flipped his Range Rover over the curb, killing 13-year-old Kira Goddard on Saturday night, claim that the city is at fault in her death because they failed to pick up tree limbs in the road. "The only reason the car flipped over is because of the debris left in the street," a friend of Sean Lewis told the Post. Lewis was driving down Pacific Street in Brooklyn when he smashed into three parked vehicles, backed up and flipped over the curb, killing the girl as she rushed her five friends and sister to safety. more ›

Last September, a 6-year-old girl on the Upper East Side was hit by an SUV as she crossed the street at a crosswalk with her nanny. The driver of the vehicle, Jose Castaneda of the Bronx, had spotted a parking space and was rapidly backing up to claim it when he hit Elle Vandenberghe, who was left brain-damaged and may never walk again. Castaneda walked away with a traffic ticket, but a new law named after Elle would impose much tougher penalties for these kinds of accidents. Crazy right? more ›

Five different car crashes in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens have left five people dead yesterday. more ›