A 70-year-old man reportedly suffered an amputated leg and severe head trauma after being struck by a subway on 14th street and Broadway. He is currently conscious and being transported to Bellevue Hospital. The NYPD said they had no further details at this time. more ›

An NYPD cop is currently in stable condition in the hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the leg on Saturday. He reportedly shot himself while inside the 67th Precinct house in East Flatbush; the Post reports that he was re-holstering his gun after placing a suspect in a holding cell and the gun discharged. Unfortunately, the only thing we can think of is wide receiver Plaxico Burress and his accidental shooting of himself in the leg at a nightclub. That's one way of being able to compare yourself to a pro football player. Or this officer. more ›

While most of us were knocking back egg nog and threatening our parents with Christmas Trees, one woman endured a horrible accident on Christmas day when her leg got trapped between an elevator car and the shaft wall. The 47-year-old woman was dragged up eight floors with her leg stuck in that position at the Downstate SUNY Medical Center in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. "There was a lot of blood...A big chunk of her leg was missing. It looked like someone ripped it open with a knife," sources told the News. more ›

Councilwoman Letitia "Tish" James (D-Fort Greene) is suing a day laborer for causing "serious, severe and permanent [injuries] to her limbs and body" after she walked into a four-inch trailer hitch protruding from the back of his parked car. According to court documents cited in the Brooklyn Paper, James says she suffered "great physical and mental pain" when she brushed against the hitch and cut her leg in Fort Greene last July. more ›

A 16-year-old graffiti tagger was hit by a train in a Brooklyn subway tunnel Saturday night, tagging with two friends. As of yesterday the NY Times reports that Jose Juarez, of Sunset Park, is in critical but stable condition—however, his right leg was severed. more ›

Anthony Daly was visiting NYC from Boston at the end of December when a violent encounter with the NYPD left his leg broken in three places. Cops were called to the Hotel Chandler on December 27th after getting a report that Daly had assaulted the bartender in the hotel bar. Daly denies assaulting anyone but admits he got drunk and insulted some Englishmen who were singing English football songs. "I put my hands on their backs and just said, 'Sing it up boys, sing it up. That's all that's left of your little empire, soccer,'" Daly tells NY1. more ›

Police are looking for the driver of a BMW SUV who careened into a 58-year-old woman yesterday evening, tearing off part of her leg. Her 14-month-old grandson sustained cuts and bruises to the head. The woman was getting out of her car on West 139th Street near Fifth Avenue when, at about 6:30 pm, the hit-and-run driver mowed her down. According to the NY Post “the impact sent the woman flying with her shoes landing about 20 feet away.” Her son-in-law, who was getting the toddler out of the car, was knocked to the ground. He was treated and released but the woman remains in critical condition. more ›

An unidentified NYPD narcotics officer had one of his legs amputated below the calf last night after getting pinned by a car that jumped the curb during an accident in Brooklyn. The plainclothes officer, a five and a half year NYPD veteran, was loading drug bust prisoners into a van at about 5 p.m. at the intersection of Avenue U and East 34th Street in Marine Park, when two vehicles traveling opposite directions slammed into each other and jumped the curb. The cop was rushed to Kings County Hospital and is listed in serious but stable condition. No one else was hurt in the incident, and according to 1010 WINS, neither of the drivers have been charged and police have ruled this an accident. more ›

Georgia, the runaway subway cat rescued by a Con Ed meter reader and two determined MTA track workers, is resting up not just from her 25 days in the subway tunnels, but from surgery yesterday to repair a fractured leg. The doctors at Fifth Avenue Veterinary Specialists waited until yesterday to perform the surgery because Georgia was dehydrated at the time of her rescue and they wanted her stabilized before they performed the procedure. more ›