According to LoHud.com, a Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientist was killed in a Thruway crash in Orange County on February 26. Mark Becker, 53, of Hillsdale, N.J. was killed in the multi-vehicle accident that occurred at approximately 10:46 a.m., according to LoHud.com. The car accident took place in the northbound lanes, about four miles north of Exit 16 in Woodbury. Six …
Bronx Man Charged For Alleged Healthcare Center Rape
According to LoHud.com, a nursing aide in the Bronx has been accused of raping a 64-year-old resident of the Manhattanville Health Care Center. The website reports that Nanic Aidasani, 42, a certified nursing assistant employed at the center, was found on top of the woman at about 1:20 a.m., on February 18. Another employee at the center discovered the alleged …
Rabbinical Student Killed in NYC Pedestrian Accident
According to the New York Daily News, a rabbinical student was run over by a trash truck on February 23 while crossing a Brooklyn street. The paper reported that 25-year-old student was struck at 9:08 a.m., on Kingston Avenue at Carroll Street in Crown Heights. He died at the scene of the crash. A witness told the Daily News that …
Tyson Beckford’s Nephew Involved in Alleged Fatal NYC DUI Accident
According to the New York Post, a man stole a box truck and crashed it into a city bus in New York City on February 12, killing its driver. The man who allegedly initiated the crash, Dominic Whilby, 23, is reportedly the nephew of model Tyson Beckford, and was seen drinking in the hours leading up to the crash during …
Albany Nursing Assistant Charged With Breaking Resident’s Arm
According to the Albany Times Union, an assistant at an Albany nursing home allegedly broke the arm of an elderly resident who had to plead for help for nearly 12 hours before receiving assistance. The paper reported that the incident took place on August 17, 2013 at the Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Albany. The aide involved in …
Texting While Driving Tickets Increase By More Than 80 Percent in NY
According to WGRZ-TV, if you text and drive in New York, you are increasingly more likely to get a ticket. The network reported that due to stronger laws and greater enforcement, texting and driving tickets in New York increased by 82 percent from 2012 to 2013. In New York City, the increase was even greater, at 89 percent. WGRZ reported …
Three People Injured in West Nyack Collision
According to the Rockland County Times, a driver involved in a West Nyack car accident was briefly trapped in a vehicle on the New York State Thruway on January 22. The Times reported that the two-car accident shut down the highway for several hours near the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack. According to the paper, three people were injured …
Former NY Gov. Paterson’s Wife Files for Divorce
According to The New York Daily News, former New York governor David Paterson’s wife quietly filed for divorce earlier this month. Paterson’s wife Michelle Paige Paterson, 52, filed divorce papers during the week of January 13, according to the Daily News The divorce is not surprising; it comes after the couple announced their “mutual and amicable” separation after 19 years …
Bronx Woman Awarded $62 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
According to The New York Daily News, on January 15 a jury awarded a Brooklyn woman who lost both legs and most of her hearing following a botched gynecological procedure at a Long Island hospital $62 million. The woman, Stacey Galette, 34, went to Winthrop University Hospital for laparoscopic removal of an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy outside the womb) and …
One Woman Killed, Five Others Injured in Ramapo Car Accident
According to LoHud.com, a car accident on Route 202 in Ramapo on January 15 killed one woman, critically injured a second woman and sent four other people to the hospital. The website reported that the accident involved a car and a minivan. The severely injured women were found unconscious and unresponsive in their vehicles, following the broadside collision. “The roads …