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Nadeem Anwar Indicted for Alysson Pinto-Chaumana Wall Collapse Death

It was a warm summer day in August of 2019 when 5-year-old Alysson Pinto-Chaumana went with her mother to visit a relative in Bushwick. Accompanied by a few friends, the mother and daughter had paused on an enclosed patio, waiting at the front door of a three-story...

Brooklyn Construction Worker Lungo Oleg Crushed in Fatal Crane Accident

A Brooklyn construction worker lost his life on Thursday in yet another tragic New York crane accident. Lungo Oleg, 36, was working to unload steel beams during the construction of a strip mall when he was crushed to death in Hudson Valley, New York. Oleg was working...

Construction Worker Hurt in Westhampton Beach Site Fall

On the morning of March 1, 2022, a construction worker was injured at a residential construction site in Westhampton Beach, NY when he fell through a hole in the floor. Thankfully, the worker did not sustain life-threatening injuries and he is reportedly in stable...

Angel Pilataxi, Father of Six, Dies in Construction Site Fall

Tragedy struck in Brooklyn Heights last week as a father of six lost his life. On February 11th, 56-year-old Angel Pilataxi was on-site at 124 Columbia Heights working on a building conversion project when just past 10:00 p.m., he fell from the eighth floor of the...

April Reign Killed by School Bus at Brooklyn Intersection

Tragically, another life was taken too soon on Friday, February 4th. At around 11:20 in the morning, April Reign, a 32-year-old mother, was riding an e-bike in Brownsville, Brooklyn, when a yellow school bus hit her near the intersection of Eastern Parkway and St....

Two Killed by Baldor Box Truck on Upper East Side

December 24, 2021 marks a tragic day for two families as a cyclist and a pedestrian were killed in a traffic accident on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. At around 9:20AM on Christmas Eve, a Baldor food delivery truck driver was picking up his partner on Third Ave and...

Worker Rescued From 10-Foot Trench After Collapse in the Bronx

A construction worker was rescued from a 10-foot deep trench in the Bronx after it collapsed on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The worker, who is still unidentified, had been trying to clear a waste pipe at a construction site in the Riverdale section of the...

Diego Rodriguez Celi Dies in Fall from High-Rise in Dumbo

A frightening accident occurred at around 8:30 a.m. on Friday, December 10, 2021, when a window washer fell from the 12th floor of a high-rise building to a second-floor balcony below. He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. The window washer, identified as Diego...

One Painter Killed, Another Injured in Fall from Manhattan Bridge

On the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, a painter was tragically killed and another was injured when the two fell from the Manhattan Bridge. The two men were reportedly working on painting the Manhattan side of the bridge when they fell. The victim who lost his...

Long Island Worker Victor Irizarry Dies of CO Poisoning

Victor Irizarry, a 30-year-old worker, tragically died on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 while on his Long Island work site of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. Irizarry, who was an employee of Suffolk Excavating, was working on a residential work site in Fort Salonga, Long...

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Nadeem Anwar Indicted for Alysson Pinto-Chaumana Wall Collapse Death

Brooklyn Construction Worker Lungo Oleg Crushed in Fatal Crane Accident

Construction Worker Hurt in Westhampton Beach Site Fall

Angel Pilataxi, Father of Six, Dies in Construction Site Fall

April Reign Killed by School Bus at Brooklyn Intersection

Two Killed by Baldor Box Truck on Upper East Side

Worker Rescued From 10-Foot Trench After Collapse in the Bronx

Diego Rodriguez Celi Dies in Fall from High-Rise in Dumbo

One Painter Killed, Another Injured in Fall from Manhattan Bridge

Long Island Worker Victor Irizarry Dies of CO Poisoning

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