Yikes: The Buffalo Police Department released this video of an 18-year-old man being struck by a hit-and-run driver, and it's pretty intense. It shows Victor Jerez and two other men walking in the street; they see a car coming, so they rush to the sidewalk. But the driver comes barreling onto the sidewalk, hitting Jerez and sending him flipping through the air. more ›

82-year-old Doris Gadpaille was crossing the street in Queens on the evening of April 15th when an SUV driver blew through a stop sign, ran her over, and left her in a bloodied pile in the middle of the road. She's lucky to be alive, but now she's more than a little outraged, because it seems the alleged driver is an off-duty NYPD detective. "If he’s a policeman, he should know better,” Gadpaille told CBS 2′s John Slattery. "That's not human. It's not." more ›

An NYPD detective was arrested this morning on charges of leaving the scene of an accident last week in Queens. Detective Michael Fantroy, 42, will be arraigned this afternoon. Prosecutors say he blew through a stop sign at 199th Street and Hollis Avenue on the night of April 15th, around 10 p.m. At the time, 82-year-old Doris Gadpaille happened to be crossing the intersection, right in the path of his black SUV. more ›

A driver struck a cyclist this afternoon in Bensonhurst then drove away, leaving the victim in critical condition. The NYPD had little information regarding the victim, other than that it was a young male, but Daily News photographer Debbie Egan-Chin is at the scene, and wrote, "reportedly the kid was run over then car backed up over him before running away." Police spokesman Brian Sessa told us that they don't have a description of the vehicle yet. more ›

Two pedestrians are in critical condition after being struck in a hit-and-run in the Bronx early this morning. Around 5:38 a.m. authorities found a male and female in their mid-20s lying in the intersection of White Plains Road and Bruckner Boulevard. EMS transported the pair to Jacobi Hospital. Police say that the vehicle involved was traveling westbound on Bruckner Boulevard, and has been described as a white or grey SUV. more ›

Today, the driver who fatally struck a Staten Island grandmother who was crossing the street after a church mass appeared in court today. Brian McGurk, who faces a felony charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident, had the case adjourned until June and sported a very different look than last week: He shaved his beard and was wearing a suit (here's another comparison). more ›

The driver who fatally struck a 58-year-old woman at 9:50 p.m. who was returning from Holy Thursday Mass turned himself into police three hours after the incident on Staten Island's Cary Avenue. According to the Staten Island Advance, Brian McGurk, 40, had a lawyer with him when he went to the police and "told officers he had 'struck something' but was unsure what, according to reports. He was arrested at 2:45 a.m." more ›

Last night, a 57-year-old woman was killed in Staten Island when the driver of a SUV slammed into her around 9:50 p.m. Police say that Clara Almazo had been crossing Cary Avenue at Elizabeth Street with her 8-year-old grandson, on their way home from Holy Thursday church services—witnesses say and surveillance footage shows Almazo pushing the child out of the way before the car hit her. A family friend told the Daily News, "That was heroic of her, thinking about the boy until the last second. They were coming from church. They are very religious people." more ›

A firefighter involved in a fatal hit-and-run in 2010 has received a plea deal that will force him to complete community service, but serve no jail time. According to Streetsblog, Pat Quagliariello, who was charged with criminally negligent homicide for fleeing the scene after his BMW SUV struck and killed Manuel Tzaj Guachiac in Bensonhurst, must give a speech at 35 high schools about "the perils of reckless and drunk driving." more ›

A 25-year-old man was struck and killed by two hit and run drivers early yesterday morning in Brooklyn. Josh Thorne was skateboarding on the pedestrian walkway of Eastern Parkway around 2:30 a.m. when he tried to cross at the Rochester Avenue intersection. Instead he was hit, first by a maroon Mercury minivan going north and then, while he was lying bleeding on the road, by a white Honda or Acura sedan going east. Neither vehicle stopped. more ›

The driver who fatally struck a cyclist on Staten Island last week remains at large, and with each passing day the odds of catching him or her diminish. In this excellent article, the Staten Island Advance reports that an analysis of 15 fatal hit-and-runs on Staten Island from 2005 to 2011 shows that in all 10 of the solved cases, police either had the driver in custody or had a good idea of the driver's identity within 48 hours. In the five cases where the driver wasn't found within 48 hours, no arrests have been made. more ›

A woman was killed when she was brutally mowed down in Fort Lee, NJ last night, and witnesses say the driver ran over her multiple times. Police found a car with NY plates abandoned a mile from the scene. One of the good Samaritans who tried to help the woman told WCBS 2, "I tried to open the [driver's] door and the door was locked. He deliberately killed that woman I think." more ›

A 71-year-old man who was walking to a Valentine's Day date was killed when he was hit by one car and dragged by another last night in Brooklyn's Flatbush section. Jean Jenniot had been crossing Flatbush Avenue and East 26th Street around 6:10 p.m. when he was struck. A worker nearby said, "Someone hit him one way, then another guy drove over him and he was dragged out. It’s a horrible intersection, it’s very dangerous." more ›

Police are still searching for the driver who fatally struck a Staten Island nursing student as he biked home from Wagner College Sunday night around 9 p.m. Investigators believe 29-year-old Ronald Tillman was killed by the driver of a dark-colored, newer-model SUV or pickup truck, possibly a Dodge Durango. (The front grill is now missing.) Tillman's mother, who lives upstate near Syracuse, tells the Staten Island Advance the driver is "a coward. What a coward. At least give him a little comfort instead of leaving him in pain and letting him die alone. I’m sure it’s somebody who was doing something they weren’t supposed to be doing... Still, fess up, and face the music. That’s despicable." more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] Police on Staten Island are searching for the driver of a black SUV or pick-up truck who fatally ran over a cyclist last night near Wagner College. The unidentified 29-year-old cyclist was killed while biking along a curved stretch of road around 9 p.m. He was carrying a backpack containing a Wagner College folder and other papers, and the force of the collision knocked off one of his sneakers. The Staten Island Advance reports that according to a preliminary investigation the cyclist was headed "eastbound," or uphill, on the "westbound" side of the road. more ›

Seven people were killed around the city last night and early this morning from an assortment of car crashes, hit-and-runs, stabbings and shootings. The 12-hour period started when 21-year-old ex-con Patrick Mondesir was fatally shot in East Flatbush just after 9 p.m. Mondesir had served two years in prison for hindering prosecution and attempted robbery convictions; a second 21-year-old shooting victim was listed in stable condition. more ›

A 47-year-old man was critically injured when he was struck by a driver in Brooklyn last night. The pedestrian was crossing 6th Avenue at 51st Street when a car slammed into him and kept going. And police may have found the car. more ›

The Brooklyn mom who fatally hit a motorcyclist last year has been sentenced to just 60 days in jail. Naisha Sutton, 26, hit 27-year-old hedge fund executive Ronan Katz after making an illegal left turn off of Canal Street in September 2010. Although she made the illegal turn, had no driver's license, and admitted to fleeing the scene, she was spared a harsher sentence: “They realized that she actually got out of the car and asked that people call 911” before panicking and speeding away," defense lawyer Howard Simmons said. more ›

The driver who killed 38-year-old Donna Fountain as she headed to work on Christmas morning in Crown Heights remains at large, but her family says investigators have located the vehicle. According to witnesses, the driver may have been engaged in illegal street racing when he or she ran down Fountain on Eastern Parkway, leaving her to die in the street. Police are poring over traffic camera footage from the area, while the local community has come together to raise $25,000 for Fountain's orphaned son Elijah, age 8. 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 ›

A 38-year-old woman was killed while crossing an intersection in Crown Heights yesterday morning, and police say she was the victim of a hit-and-run driver. more ›

A good Samaritan helped police track down a coffee truck driver who allegedly hit a 90-year-old man in Williamsburg yesterday. Police said the 90-year-old man was hit by a truck at Metropolitan Avenue near Orient Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Thursday morning. “Coffee cups fell out of the back of the truck, and he was going very fast,” witness Aslam Khan told the Post. Although the driver fled the scene, a good Samaritan followed him, cut him off a few blocks away at Meeker Avenue and Lorimer Street, and called 911. more ›

A pedestrian walking by West 57th Street and 10th Avenue was killed by a motorcyclist that struck him. According to WCBS 2, "Police say a 22-year-old woman driving the motorcycle hit the man while he crossed the street at 57th and 10th Avenue just before 3 a.m." more ›

A Stony Brook University senior was hit and killed yesterday by a pickup truck and its driver is accused of leaving the scene. 23-year-old Seong Hoon Baek was heading back home from Best Buy when a Ford-350 struck him on Route 347 near Pond Path at around 9:45 p.m. According to police, 30-year-old Michael Tarduno, Jr. was driving the vehicle, and fled the scene. Witnesses gave authorities his license plate number, and he was arrested later that evening. According to the Post, police allegedly found drugs in Tarduno's truck, and he's charged with leaving the scene of an accident and possession. more ›

A hit-and-run driver struck two boys riding their bikes last night in Gravesend. Details are still scant, but the NYPD press office confirms that police and EMTs were called to the intersection of Avenue S and East 4th Street last night around 10:30 p.m. There they found two injured 12-year-old boys who had been hit by a car while riding their bikes. more ›

Police are looking for the driver who fatally struck a man on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens earlier this morning. A 65-year-old man who had gotten into an accident had exited his car to inspect the damage, and WABC 7 reports, "a passing vehicle struck him and kept going." more ›

It's Friday afternoon, so why not start your weekend with a feel-good story? RaeVaughn Gardner-Williams, an 18-year-old honor student, is shocking doctors and family members with his recovery after being nearly killed by a hit-and-run earlier this month. more ›

A 50-year-old Jersey man has been issued a summons for leaving the scene of an accident—specifically an accident in which he allegedly hit the car of Howard Stern's trusty 59-year-old co-host Robin Quivers. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon when Quivers was driving north on Route 9. more ›