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Crane Collapses Onto Brooklyn Apartment Building
A crane partially collapsed in Borough Park, Brooklyn, smashing through the roof of an apartment building the afternoon of Aug. 1. According to a report in The Brooklyn Paper, workers were using a boom truck to lift steel beams over a three-story building at 1442 44th Street when a part of the boom broke off. …
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Pedestrian Killed in East Harlem Chain Reaction Crash
Nadjari Reid, 51, was killed in a pedestrian accident in East Harlem that was triggered by a chain-reaction collision. According to a report in the New York Daily News, police said a driver was speeding through the area when he ran a red light and caused the chain-reaction crash, which crushed Reid to death between …
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Eight People Injured in Queens Building Fire
Eight people were injured in a fire in Jamaica, Queens, early morning on July 28. According to a report on Audacy.com, the three-alarm fire broke out at 168-20 Liberty Avenue. Fire officials said there were flames on both the first and second floors of the two-story building. The fire spread between the building’s four connected …
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What Are Some of the Birth Injuries Caused by Improper Forceps Use?
Forceps delivery, a method used to assist childbirth when complications arise, involves using a pair of tongs-like instruments to grasp and guide the baby’s head through the birth canal. While forceps deliveries can be life-saving in certain situations, they do carry risks especially where negligence (carelessness) or incompetence is involved and birth injuries may occur. …
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Pedestrians Traffic Fatalities Highest in Nearly a Decade
The last six months have seen the most traffic accident deaths in New York City with 61 pedestrians killed since January. The New York Post reports that data reviewed over the last ten years and compiled by the safety advocacy group Transportation Alternatives showed 61 people were killed in pedestrian accident during the first half …
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