At around 1:30 p.m. on December 28th, 2020, two workers were trapped under heavy debris after a 9-foot brick retaining wall collapsed in a residential backyard at 454 42nd Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. One worker was left in critical condition and another...
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Worker Falls Five Stories in Ithaca, NY Construction Accident
Shortly after 5:00 p.m. on December 14, 2020, Ithaca's fire department, police department, and Bangs Ambulance were called to 709 West Court Street after a construction worker fell from the roof of a five-story building he was working on. Upon arriving at the scene,...
Maria Sanchez Killed in Elevator Shaft Fall at Food Emporium
In a horrifying and tragic incident, Maria Sanchez, a Food Emporium employee, was fatally crushed by an illegally-installed freight elevator in the chain's location on West 43rd Street on December 15, 2020. She was found at the bottom of the elevator shaft around...
Shattered Glass Falls 56 Stories From Midtown High-Rise
Tragedy was narrowly avoided on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 15, when a glass curtain wall panel fell 56 stories from a midtown building to the street below, shattering and scattering chunks of glass all over the street. Fortunately, no one below was injured. Police...
Two Workers Injured After Scaffold Collapse at Hudson Yards
It was a scary scene in midtown Manhattan when two window washers plummeted 15 stories off a scaffold suspended from a crane on November 14, 2020. Two unidentified men were working outside the 50th floor at 30 Hudson Yards on West 33rd Street and 10th Avenue around 11...
Access-a-Ride Van Slams Into Subway Station, Injuring Two
It was a frightening scene in Lower Manhattan on Monday, November 2, 2020 as the remnants of a subway entrance were scattered along the street after an Access-a-Ride van slammed into the railing, injuring two people. It all unfolded around 6:15 a.m. at Church and...
High Winds Cause Manhattan Crane to Spin, Dropping Debris
Dangerous winds caused a construction crane atop a Manhattan skyscraper to spin out of control on Thursday, October 29, 2020, sending debris plummeting to the streets below. Witnesses say around 7:00 p.m., a crane attached to an 85-story luxury building located on 111...
Worker Rescued After Frightening Scaffold Collapse in the Bronx
A construction worker is lucky to be alive after a chunk of building façade came crashing down on the scaffold he was working on, causing it to give way and leaving him hanging onto a rope for dear life. The terrifying incident took place at a nursing home in the...
NYC 2020 Traffic Deaths on Track to Reach Record High
As if 2020 hasn't already been tough enough for New York City, it was recently reported that the city is on track to have the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2014, the year that Mayor Bill de Blasio took office. Street safety non-profit Transportation...
School Bus Crash Leaves 3 Critically Injured, Including 6-Year-Old
A frightening crash took place early on the morning of Wednesday, October 21, 2020: Three people, including a 6-year-old child, were seriously injured when an elementary school bus collided with a tree-trimming truck in Orange County, New York. Emergency services...
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