In a grave turn of events, a construction worker lost his life on Thursday after the roof of a new building collapsed in Woodbury, New York. CBS reports that the accident occurred around 9 a.m. at the Jericho Water District Facility, located on Stillwell Lane in...
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House Fire Kills Two Sisters in Southampton Vacation Home
A house fire tragically claimed the lives of two sisters early Wednesday morning as they slept in their Southampton vacation home. During a visit from their home in Maryland, Lindsay and Jillian Wiener were sleeping when the fire started in an upstairs bedroom when...
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...
Neville Stephan, 29, Killed by FedEx Truck
A Long Island resident was tragically killed after he was hit by a FedEx tractor trailer on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The incident, which occurred at around 11:30 pm in Ronkonkoma, involved two separate collisions. 29-year-old Neville Stephan was driving a 2018 Honda...
Long Island Contractor Fined $135k for Fatal Trench Collapse
The contracting company RC Structures Inc. of Roslyn, New York is facing consequences for the careless and negligent actions that led to the tragic death of two workers in a trench collapse in January 2020. The contractor was fined a whopping $135,612 by the...
Estelle Davis Dies From Injuries After Being Struck by Backhoe
A pedestrian was crushed to death in a terrible accident in Brooklyn on Friday, March 5, 2021. 61-year-old Estelle Davis was struck by a backhoe (a large construction vehicle) when it backed into her and its shovel knocked her to the ground. Shocking video of the...
Joseph Rosa Killed in Tragic Bronx Elevator Accident
Shortly after 10:00 a.m. on February 18th, 2021, 25-year-old Joseph Rosa was performing modernization work on an elevator in a Bronx building when the elevator suddenly fell, crushing him. First responders pulled Rosa from the elevator shaft and rushed him to Bronx...
Tamar Rhode Killed in Times Square Dump Truck Accident
A pedestrian was tragically killed by a dump truck while crossing the street in Times Square on Saturday, February 6, 2021. The victim, 64-year-old Tamar Rhode of Gaithersburg, Maryland, was walking Eastbound on Broadway at West 45th Street when the truck struck her...
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...
Family of Mario Salas Seeks Answers
In the wake of their loved one's untimely death, the family of construction worker, Mario Salas Vittorio, is searching for answers as to what happened on the day of his accident. On Thursday, July 16th, 2020, Salas, 59, was tragically killed and three other workers...
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