Cabbies Face Uncertain Future Amid Failing Medallion System
By Jon Cronin Six cabbie suicides in almost as many months have left the taxi-driver community shaken. Abdul Saleh, 59, of Brooklyn, was the most recent taxi …
LIC Airman, Qns FDNY Lieutenant Die In Iraq
BY SAM RAPPAPORT Long Island City resident Christopher “Tripp” Zanetis, 37, was one of four New York Air National Guard members who died on March 15 when …
Cop Sentenced To Six Months In York Grad’s Death
A drunk cop who was responsible for a fatal South Ozone Park car wreck that killed a York College student just weeks before her June graduation was sentenced …
Five Firefighters Injured In Jamaica Crash
On Sunday night, a FDNY firetruck crashed into the side of an auto repair shop in Jamaica, creating a four-foot-by-nine-foot hole and injuring five …
106th Precinct: Crash Fatality
Crash Fatality An 18-year-old man from Springfield Gardens was killed in a motor vehicle crash on Nov. 18 in Ozone Park, police said. Just after 10 p.m., …
113th Precinct: Collision Investigation
Collision Investigation A 26-year-old Jamaica man was killed in a collision involving a motorcycle and vehicle on Sept. 25, police said. Jamie Pusey, who lived …
City Should Better Regulate Charter Buses
Three people—a pedestrian, charter bus driver and passenger—were killed, while another 16 were injured, on Monday in a horrific crash in which a charter …
Grisly Bus Crash Leaves Three Dead In Flushing
Photo by Bruce Adler BY JAMES FARRELL Staff Writer An MTA bus and a charter bus collided on Northern Boulevard just after 6 a.m. on Monday, leaving three dead …
106th Precinct: Fatal Accident
A 39-year-old man was killed during a motor vehicle crash in South Ozone Park on Aug. 19, police said. Around 8:30 p.m., police responded to a call of a crash …
113th Precinct: Fatal Crash
Fatal Crash – A 54-year-old Brentwood man was killed during a crash in Springfield Gardens on July 21. Police responded to a report of a vehicle …