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Head-On Collision in Upstate New York Leaves Six Dead

Around 6:00 am on Saturday, a fatal collision occurred in upstate New York involving a box truck and an express bus. The 2013 express bus, affiliated with central New York solar energy company LBFNY, was carrying 15 passengers as it made its way down Highway 37, just...

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Stephen Murphy Among Forbes Advisor’s 2023 Best NYC Lawyers

Block O’Toole & Murphy’s very own Stephen J. Murphy was featured in Forbes Advisor’s 2023 list of the Best Personal Injury Lawyers in New York City. The prestigious list features a careful selection of 15 attorneys chosen based on their backgrounds, credentials,...

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Yonkers Roofing Contractor Falls Three Stories to His Death

A 51-year-old Spring Valley resident was working on a three-story home’s roof on Sunday afternoon when he suddenly fell 30 feet to the ground below. Tragically, the man did not survive the fall.   The incident occurred at the 400 block of Park Hill Avenue in Yonkers,...

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Manhattan Construction Worker Survives 15-Foot Fall

Early Tuesday morning, a construction worker plunged fifteen feet to the bottom of a deep trench on a construction site located on East 20th Street. The man was working inside a pit completing waterproofing work when he suddenly slipped and tumbled off the ladder he...

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Worker Killed in Scaffolding Fall at Borough Park Job Site

On Thursday, December 15, 2022,  yet another construction worker fell to his death -- this time outside of a building in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. Shortly after 1:00 p.m., the worker, in his 50s, fell from scaffolding on the third floor of the building on...

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Bronx Construction Worker Struck and Killed by Digger

On Thursday morning in the Bronx, a construction worker was tragically killed on a job site. At 1861 Carter Ave near East 176th Street in Mount Hope, work ceased when an unidentified man was struck by a digger.  Firefighters commented that the worker was pronounced...

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Construction Worker Killed in Upper West Side Scaffold Fall

A construction worker tragically fell from scaffolding to his death at an Upper West Side apartment building on the morning of November 28, 2022. The 36-year-old worker was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.  The accident reportedly occurred around...

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Jeremy Rozan Killed in Fall From Queens Bridge

A Queens construction worker was tragically killed on the morning of November 1, 2022. At around 10:20am, the 34-year-old worker identified as Jeremy Rozan was reported to have fallen from Roosevelt Ave. Bridge and landed on the Van Wyck Expressway. He was then hit by...

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