The congregants of the Joy Fellowship Church in Baychester are mourning the loss of their Bishop, his wife, and four other congregants who died in a crash on the NY Thruway. However, the tragic accident has not led them to lose faith. One congregant told the Daily News, "We know God never makes mistakes." But as Michael Daly put it, "Whatever God you worship, that God wants you to wear a seat belt." more ›

Seven members of a Bronx church were killed on Interstate 87 near Woodbury yesterday when their van blew a tire and flipped over on the road. The Joy Fellowship Christian Assemblies church members were heading to a banquet in Schenectady when the rear tire exploded, causing driver Bernard Lattibuediere to lose control. Among the dead are the church's Bishop, Simon White, and his wife, Zelda. more ›

Ysemny Ramos' husband finally told his three children that their mother (and stepmother) died. Ramos, who was three months pregnant, was killed on Friday when a Gristede's delivery van jumped a curb in Midtown and slammed into her. The Daily News reports that, according to the criminal complaint, the driver Keston Brown "told investigators he had had four beers and a shot of cognac before he got behind the wheel of the van" on Friday afternoon. more ›

One of the Stuyvesant High School students seriously injured in last Saturday's Vermont van crash has returned home to New York. Junior Lucia Hsiao, a member of the girls' junior varsity track team, had suffered serious neck injuries but was able to "gingerly walk" to her room on her own. The Staten Island resident is wearing a halo around her head and will require a lot of rehab, but her dad said, "It could have been worse. She's done with the first step of recovery." more ›

As the Stuyvesant community remains concerned over the health of two students and a coach who were seriously injured after a track team van crash, it now seems that the trip was not authorized by the school. more ›