February 19, 2006
Richard Bright, actor from "The Godfather" movies and The Sopranos, killed by bus in Manhattan
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He is being remembered, among other places, on the IMDB message boards.
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January 17, 2006
NY Post: "Karate Kid hits dojo with suit"
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Karate student says instructor kicked him in face, broke his jaw.
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January 9, 2006
Drunk driver flees dead pal after Queens accident
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January 3, 2006
Two men rescued from icy waters as small plane crashes into the Hudson
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Horse, attached to carriage, runs for 6 blocks, collides with car
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November 19, 2005
Pedestrian hit and killed by police car in Harlem
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November 15, 2005
Elevator repairmen injured as cable snaps, car falls two stories
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October 25, 2005
Newsweek editor and writer, Tom Masland, critically injured after being struck by SUV on UWS
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Man missing, presumed drowned after rowing shell struck by powerboat
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October 23, 2005
Woman hit by subway at West 4th St Station, later dies
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Leaned forward and looked in opposite direction as train pulled into station, was struck in head.
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October 21, 2005
Young boy and mom run over by taxi trying to avoid drunk driver
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September 26, 2005
Man driving SUV in Hispanic heritage parade runs over girls walking in front of him
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September 25, 2005
Lexus SUV smashes BMW in big Park Avenue accident
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Building is one of the poshest in the city -- lots of semi-famous residents.
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September 9, 2005
1 dead, 1 injured in attempt to flee cops serving arrest warrant
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Jumped out window, fell 6 floors.
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August 23, 2005
Parapet at Bronx supermarket crumbles, raining bricks, etc., on bystanders
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August 19, 2005
Truck in Queens swerves to avoid boy, hits him anyway, then kills person sitting in wheelchair
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July 27, 2005
6 y-o girl visiting her grandparents in Queens strangles herself with jumprope
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February 14, 2005
Off-duty cops and woman, 19, killed when SUV runs stop sign in Brooklyn
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Woman was returning from her birthday party. Driver was her father.
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January 25, 2005
At least 3 dogs shocked by Con Ed electrical box in separate incidents
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Brooklyn and Manhattan. At what point does someone take oversight of this away from Con Ed? It is scary and unbelievable this is still going on.
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January 24, 2005
Brooklyn girl, 10, apparently killed by snowplow while she was playing
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January 21, 2005
Pedestrian, 60-ish, killed while trying to beat "Don't Walk" light in midtown
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January 19, 2005
Man falls down elevator shaft, dies, during horseplay with friends at work
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January 18, 2005
Cabdriver busted for DUI after running into NYPD truck
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January 14, 2005
30 schoolchildren injured in escalator accident at Loews movie theater on Upper West Side
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January 11, 2005
Oil spill at Bronx middle school leads to evacuation
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January 5, 2005
Disabled boy, 9, falls down hospital laundry shoot, dies
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December 22, 2004
School administrator and student he pulled from fight fall down open elevator shaft
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Fortunately, they fell only 6 feet. Both slightly injured.
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December 21, 2004
NY Post gleeful as Daily News delivery man gets drunk, high on crack, sideswipes 3 vehicles in delivery van
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December 20, 2004
Subway rider hit by train while looking for secluded place to urinate
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18-y-o Brooklyn man kills childhood friend in gun accident
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December 18, 2004
School bus driver gets in accident, continues to school to drop off kids, returns to scene, reports accident
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Move intended to hide fact that kids were in bus at time of accident. Later, kids complaining of cramps and nausea, revealed scheme.
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December 15, 2004
Woker killed by subway on tracks in Brooklyn
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December 7, 2004
Allegations of drag racing in fatal accident Sunday night in Brooklyn
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December 1, 2004
F train derails at 4.30am near Herald Square; small fire ensues
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NYP on frequent pedestrian accidents on Bronx's Grand Concourse
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Four deaths between 1995 and 2001, but 167 injuries. Park and 33rd in Manhattan is also bad.
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November 29, 2004
76-y-o Manhattan man dies after falling down elevator shaft
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Elevator had stalled b/t 14th and 15th floors. He tried to climb out.
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Canadian tour bus crashes into overpass on FDR Drive
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50 injuries; driver ignored signs about clearance heights.
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November 28, 2004
Chelsea food shop worker loses four fingers to meat grinder
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November 19, 2004
Bike messenger killed while squeezing between a van and a truck in Midtown
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November 16, 2004
Retired nun, 80, killed by truck in Chelsea
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November 11, 2004
Crane mechanic killed in Midtown accident
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November 1, 2004
Taxi crashes into SUV in midtown, critically injuring pedestrian
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Circle Line cruise ends after boat strikes object in Harlem River, takes on water
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"It was like the engines were slowing down and they weren't going right. You could tell the back of the boat was sinking," says passenger.
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October 29, 2004
SUV veers into crowd of funderal mourners in Chinatown
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Driver was pulled from car and beaten, then fled.
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October 24, 2004
Drunk driver who ran over two kids, killing one, will only be charged with DUI, not manslaughter
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October 20, 2004
Really sad: Ex-detective accidentally shoots, kills 18-y-o deli worker in Queens
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Ex-TARU det. says when pager went off, he reached for it, dropped gun, which fired.
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Well-known Albanian singer, family killed by carbon monoxide fumes on Staten Island
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October 19, 2004
Cancer patient killed when ambulance he was riding in gets struck by off-duty cop in SUV
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Sad coincidence: victim's nephew is Post photographer, was sent to scene not knowing who victim was.
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October 18, 2004
Man killed by subway while trying to retrieve hearing aid from tracks
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Happened on the 6 at Canal St.
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October 4, 2004
NYPD team stages helicopter rescue of capsized teens
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October 2, 2004
Fifty-two people injured when two buses collide in East Harlem
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[Manhattan section, 2nd item]
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Maintenance man electrocuted while repairing Macy's escalator
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September 30, 2004
Construction worker dies in fall at 7 World Trade Center reconstruction site
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First death associated with rebuild.
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September 25, 2004
15 EMS workers help remove training potty from little girl's head
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September 24, 2004
Someone else falls to death while trying to escape arrest
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This time it's a woman with a misdemeanor parole violation.
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September 22, 2004
B train derails in Brooklyn during morning rush hour
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September 21, 2004
Man gets in bad car accident, is hospitalized; then, girlfriend found murdered in his apartment
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September 20, 2004
Man falls to death after leading cops on footchase across Bronx rooftops
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September 18, 2004
Taxi jumps curb, hits two pedestrians at 55th and Lex
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Contractor repairing skylight at Metropolitan Museum of Art falls to death
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September 17, 2004
8 hurt in big DWI crash in East Harlem
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"Sounded like dynamite," says witness.
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September 15, 2004
Man struck, nearly killed while crossing Henry Hudson Parkway
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Ran out of gas, went looking for some.
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Update: Someone else hurt at that UES construction site mentioned the other day
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September 13, 2004
NYDN reports extensively on exploding/hazardous ConEd manhole covers in city
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Upper East Side building construction project is neighborhood hazard
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September 10, 2004
Trench collapse kills Brooklyn worker
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Was connecting a home to city's sewer lines.
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September 8, 2004
Brooklyn boy killed in gruesome accident with truck while roller-blading
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September 7, 2004
Man killed by subway in Park Slope; may have been retrieving cigarettes
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Woman run over by float at West Indian Day parade
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September 5, 2004
Motorcyclist killed after colliding with cop car
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Two officers also hurt.
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Gross: City sewage pipes keep bursting, spewing crap into people's homes
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City then reluctant to compensate vics.
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Man dies after cutting self on razor wire fence
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Was rushing to get to work.
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September 4, 2004
Another dragging death: double-amputee in wheelchair
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Shipyard guard crushed by truck on his last day at work
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September 3, 2004
Cleaning Gondola Accident in Midtown
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Queens teen drowns at Rockaway beach
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He couldn't swim. Undertow swept him away.
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August 30, 2004
Small x-ray leak at post office on East Side leads to big scare, emergency response
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August 28, 2004
Flying BMW nearly strikes woman in Queens
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August 27, 2004
Cop hurt while rounding up "Truth/Bush" banner-hangers at Plaza hotel
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This leads to assault charges against activists.
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August 26, 2004
Cop car slams into Brooklyn storefront, 3 injured
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August 24, 2004
City bus driver, celeb photographer say cops roughed them up after traffic accident yesterday
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Neither man was involved directly in the accident with undercover cops
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August 23, 2004
Queens handyman, 78, falls into basement sewer trap, dies
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Was trying to clear it, broke neck.
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August 19, 2004
Plate-sized debris falls off Times Square building; 1 injured
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August 13, 2004
Worker dies as freight elevator shoots upwards, crashes in Times Sq. tower
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Workers said they felt the building shake from the impact.
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