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Latchman Singh, 34, killed in hit-and-run pedestrian accident at DeKalb and Flatbush avenues in Brooklyn - police ask for the public's help

Date: 
Monday, November 17, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY
A 34-year-old man was struck and killed in in a hit-and-run accident Monday evening in downtown Brooklyn. Latchman Singh, of Queens, was crossing the street in a crosswalk at DeKalb and Flatbush avenues a little before 8 p.m. when he was hit by an unidentified vehicle. He was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. The vehicle left the scene after hitting Singh. Police are asking the public for any information on the vehicle and its driver.

Hit-and-run in Woodside at Queens Boulevard and 60th Street leaves pedestrian critically injured in Queens, New York

Date: 
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY

A pedestrian, a man in his 20s or 30s, has sustained serious, possibly life-threatening injuries after a hit-and-run in Queens, New York Thursday morning. The incident occured around 1:30 a.m. at Queens Boulevard and 60th Street in Woodside. The pedestrian was crossing the intersection when he was hit by a dark SUV, which sped off onto westbound Queens Boulevard. Police are looking for this dark SUV, likely with front-end damage. The identity of the victim is not yet released. 

Donald Mooney, 49, killed in pedestrian hit-and-run accident on Long Island, New York

Date: 
Friday, August 15, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY

A man is charged with vehicular manslaughter after a hit-and-run crash killed a pedestrian on Long Island.

Nassau County police say Cosmin Florea hit Donald Mooney around midnight Friday as Mooney crossed Main Street in Port Washington.

The 49-year-old Lynbrook man was pronounced dead at North Shore University Hospital around 4:20 a.m. Saturday.

Police say Florea's 2010 Ford Fusion was stopped in Queens around 12:45 a.m. They say the vehicle had windshield and front end damage.

Man killed when pickup jumps curb in Queens on May 19.

Date: 
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY
officers investigate accident on Utopia Parkway in Fresh Meadows, Queens that left a pedestrian on the sidewalk in critical condition Monday morning. A man strolling down the sidewalk on a tree-lined block of Fresh Meadows, Queens was critically injured Monday morning when he was struck by a pickup truck that jumped a curb, cops said.

Fidel Vidal Diaz, 31, killed, after he is struck by two cars while trying to cross the Grand Central Parkway near La Guardia Airport in Queens.

Date: 
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY
A 31-year-old man was decapitated by oncoming traffic as he tried to cross the Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia Airport late Friday night, authorities said. Fidel Vidal Diaz, 31, of Flushing, Queens, had crossed the eastbound lane of the busy highway and was attempting to cross the westbound lane when he was slammed by 2005 Mustang and then a 2002 Volkswagen. Diaz was killed by the impact, authorities said. Police were not sure why Diaz was crossing the dangerous highway. The drivers of both vehicles remained at the scene and were not charged, police said.

64-year-old-man critically injured after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a street in Queens, New York

Date: 
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY

Police say a 64-year-old man is critically injured and in a medically induced coma after being hit by a car in Queens Friday night. The man was crossing the street on Northern Boulevard and 41st Avenue when a dark-colored Chevy Blazer hit him, police said. The driver fled west on Northern Boulevard after the accident, according to authorities. The man, who is in critical condition at Elmhurst General Hospital, has a head injury and a broken leg.

 

Pedestrian killed after being struck by MTA transit bus in Queens.

Date: 
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY
Police say a person was struck and killed by an MTA bus in Queens Monday evening, authorities say. The victim was struck by a bus on the Q53 line near the intersection of 74th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, FDNY EMS and MTA say. The victim has not been identified. It's not clear if slippery roads played a role in the accident. Eight inches of heavy, wet snow fell across New York City Monday.

Enrique Clemente-Ovando, 29, struck and killed by hit-and-run driver on Astoria Boulevard in Queens, New York

Date: 
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Area: 
New York, NY

The first hit-and-run happened in Queens at around 4:30 a.m. when Enrique Clemente-Ovando, 29, of Elmhurst, was struck and killed about a mile from his home, according to cops. The driver fled the crash in a beige Toyota Camry with Pennsylvania plates, police said. Cops said the car was traveling east on Astoria Blvd. when it struck Clemente-Ovando, who was attempting to cross the road near 31st Ave.

 

 

 

Darien Baker killed, pedestrian also killed, when two collide.

Date: 
Friday, December 20, 2013
Area: 
New York, NY
An elderly woman crossing the street and a biker were both killed in a crash Saturday night in Queens. The accident occurred on Queens Boulevard and 58th Street in Woodside just before 5 p.m. Eyewitnesses say they saw motorcycles speeding just before one bike crashed into a 78-year-old woman who was walking north on 58th Street. The impact of the collision sent the driver, 31-year-old Darien Baker, and the woman flying in two different directions. The pedestrian and the driver were taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where they both died.

Noshat Nahian, 8, hit and killed by semi while walking to school on 61st Street onto Northern Boulevard in Woodside, New York

Date: 
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Area: 
Buffalo, NY
An 8-year-old boy was hit by a truck and killed while crossing the street with his sister in Queens on his way to school Friday, the last day before the winter break. The truck hit the third-grader, Noshat Nahian, as it turned from 61st Street onto Northern Boulevard, where he and his 11-year-old sister were crossing. The child was hit by the rear tires, police said. His sister was not injured. He was about a block from his school, PS 152. The driver stayed at the scene. Police are investigating.