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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'outofcontrolcar'

June 6, 2008

A Queens car wash was the scene of a fatal incident that left one employee dead. Two workers who had been drying a vehicle were hit by another worker who drove into them with an SUV. According to the Daily News, the worker "came roaring out of the cleaning tunnel at a killer speed" in a silver Jeep Cherokee. He hit Olston Kilkenny's car and pinned Felipe Alvarenga. Then the worker "kept driving - turning......

Continue Reading "Car Wash Worker Drives into Co-Workers With SUV, 1 Dead"

April 12, 2008

Photograph above and gallery by Phil Ritz on Flickr Police have charged the driver who mowed down pedestrians outside the State Supreme Court with "reckless endangerment and aggravated unlicensed operation, for having a suspended license." Though 33-year-old Queens resident Lorenzo Bello had a seizure during yesterday's morning crash, it wasn't his first. Per the Daily News, "His wife told cops he has a history of seizures and shouldn't be behind the wheel." Six people......

Continue Reading "Courthouse Crash Driver Had Suspended License"

April 12, 2008

Just hours after an out-of-control car drove onto the State Supreme Court's steps on Centre Street, another driver had a seizure at 29th Street and Fifth Avenue, crashing into a Subway restaurant at the corner. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon around 4 p.m. A person inside the building told NY1, "When I stepped out, the car was inside, halfway through Subway. I noticed that the guy was having a seizure, and everybody was trying......

Continue Reading "Car Crashes into Flatiron Subway Restaurant"

April 11, 2008

Above image from WNBC, below image from WABC An out-of-control car jumped a curb on Centre Street and mowed down three pedestrians outside the State Supreme Court. According to NY1, the car "crashed into a coffee cart and continued up several steps of the courthouse," where one man was pinned under the car. WNBC reports the man, who was "pinned from about the mid-chest down," was removed by emergency workers who used a power......

Continue Reading "Car Jumps Curb, Hits Pedestrians, Pins One on Steps of State Supreme Court"

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