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New York Post
03-07-2025
- New York Post
6 pedestrians struck by Ford Mustang that crashed into NYC scaffolding before driver, passenger flee
A Ford Mustang plowed into six pedestrians as it crashed into a sidewalk shed in the Bronx before the driver and a passenger hopped out of the muscle car and fled Thursday morning, according to cops. The Mustang first struck a pedestrian as the driver turned onto Courtlandt Avenue from East 149th Street around 10:50 a.m., police said. Then the car hit five more people and barreled into scaffolding. Advertisement 3 The Mustang hit six people, who suffered injuries. Peter Gerber 3 The front bumper of the car was badly damaged. Peter Gerber All the victims, three men and three women, were taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, authorities said. Advertisement The driver and passenger fled the crash scene and have not been caught. A description of the pair, including gender, was not immediately provided. Photos of the crash showed the front bumper nearly torn off — and no license plates on the front or back of the vehicle. 3 The driver and a passenger fled. Peter Gerber 'People were yelling, were in pain, so yelling, crying, it was very upsetting,' witness Vivian Cole told ABC 7. Advertisement Another bystander, Christina Sieh, was startled by the commotion. 'We thought it was a bomb or something, because we are all panicking around here,' Sieh told the station.
New York Post
25-06-2025
- Climate
- New York Post
Surreal pics show trucks sinking into NYC streets as monster heat wave seems to ‘melt' pavement
New York streets seem to be buckling under the intense heat smothering the city with dramatic photos showing a bus broken through a Long Island parking garage — and a firetruck sinking into a Manhattan street as record-setting tempts broil the Big Apple. The first incident happened in North New Hyde Park Tuesday afternoon — where temps topped around 99 degrees Fahrenheit — as a bus turned onto the exposed top level of a parking garage, but then plunged through the roadway as the ground opened beneath it. 'With everything going on I thought Iran was here,' said garage attendant Ricky Cody, who heard a loud bang as the bus' rear end sank into the broken blacktop. 4 A large bus broke through the pavement at a parking garage in North New Hyde Park during the heat wave Tuesday Peter Gerber 'We got calls going 'Oh my god, oh my god! What's going on?'' he said. 'You don't really know. You hear a loud bang, and you don't expect something like that to happen when the whole day cars are coming in no problem.' The bus was left lodged in the parking lot with its front end jutting up into the air, dramatic photos show, but no passengers were on board during the accident and the driver was able to exit safely. Then in downtown Manhattan Wednesday — where temps peaked around 96 degrees Fahrenheit — a firetruck became stuck in the ground after the asphalt appeared to turn to quicksand around one of its wheels. The mired engine was cordoned off as bemused — and sweating — passersby looked on, before eventually being towed out. 4 The bus was left with its rear end lodged in the ground and its nose standing on end. Nobody was hurt in the incident Peter Gerber But it's a sight that's not unheard of in summer months, according to Jim McGowan, whose nearly 100-year old company John McGowan & Sons paved the parking lots at the Mets' Citi Field. 'On a hot day things can become so soft and malleable where a vehicle can sink into the asphalt. It can happen,' McGowan told The Post, explaining that blacktop can reach up to 180 degrees Fahrenheit under the sun on a particularly hot day. 'It's just because of the direct sunlight and the heat of the day,' he said, adding that it's likely there were already faults or cavities beneath the roadways where the vehicles broke through — and that the weight of a vehicle on top of the softened pavement became too much. 'It could have been a void under the asphalt that was there, and with the heat the asphalt became soft and malleable, and it just sank right through that section, and it took the hot temperature and the sun,' McGowan said. 4 A firetruck was left stuck in the ground in Manhattan on Wednesday. The city said it was caused by a sink hole Peter Gerber 4 Experts say intense heat can weaken the pavement overtop faults like sink holes, sometimes leaving cars stuck Peter Gerber Incidents of pavement failing under heat are fairly rare, McGowan said, but that this week alone he's read about several incidents across the country where similar things have happened. From the Dakotas to Nebraska, Colorado and Missouri, roadways have been splitting, buckling and breaking as an intense heat dome bakes the country, images from KYFR TV show. The East Coast has been hit particularly hard by the heat, with temps persisting in the high 90s but cracking the 100 degree mark in places like New Jersey and JFK International Airport. New York City's Department of Transportation confirmed the firetruck incident was the result of a sinkhole.
New York Post
24-06-2025
- New York Post
Brawling NYC teens arrested after a wild scene at Coney Island Beach: NYPD
Bedlam broke out on Coney Island Beach Monday as at least 16 teens were arrested following a melee at the crowded shore, according to video and law enforcement sources. The fight erupted around 6:30 p.m. on the sand and along the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk near West 15th Street before spreading to surrounding streets, police and sources said. The pandemonium, which took place as hundreds of teens converged on the popular summer destination amid record-breaking heat in the Big Apple, prompted a massive mobilization of police officers. 5 Bedlam broke out on Coney Island Beach Monday as at least 16 teens were arrested following a melee at the crowded shore. Peter Gerber It's unclear what sparked the brawl, and there were no immediate reports of injuries. Footage shows multiple teens in handcuffs being led away by NYPD cops as a sea of teens congregate on the sand. It's unclear if the teens seen being arrested in the video were involved in the fight. At least three dozen officers created a human barricade as cops tried to restore order to the chaotic scene. Several chases broke out, and a female paramedic was crashed into as a scrum of cops sprinted after a suspect, the video shows. 5 The fight erupted around 6:30 p.m. on the sand and along the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk near West 15th Street before spreading to surrounding streets. Peter Gerber Officers caught up with the suspect and slammed him to the ground next to a row of park benches and flowering bushes, according to the footage. The teen chaos spread across the boardwalk to Brighton Beach, almost a mile to the east, as the mercury topped out in the 90s across the city. One young man was chased down by officers to an area underneath the boardwalk and tackled, according to another video obtained by The Post. 5 At least three dozen officers created a human barricade as cops tried to restore order to the chaotic scene. Peter Gerber 5 Several chases broke out, and a female paramedic was crashed into as a scrum of cops sprinted after a suspect. Peter Gerber 5 Footage shows multiple teens in handcuffs being led away by NYPD cops as a sea of teens congregate on the sand. Jon Farina It appeared the teenager was complying as four officers were crouching on top of him when suddenly one of the cops tasered the suspect on his calves and the back of his knees. A teen in the crowd shouted: 'What are you doing?' as the suspect thrashed in the sand. Police had no comment about the use of a Taser on the teen in Brighton Beach. Charges are pending in all of the arrests, and the incident remains under investigation. Earlier this month, several fights broke out during a high school senior skip day party at Jones Beach State Park, forcing police to disperse the group with a helicopter and temporarily shutting down the beach. A large group of youths from several high schools in Nassau County and Queens gathered on the Wantagh, Long Island, waterfront when some of them started throwing punches, with several fights starting in different pockets of the group of high schoolers.
New York Post
06-06-2025
- New York Post
Two innocent teens wounded in broad daylight NYC shooting, third bystander narrowly missed
Two innocent teenagers were shot and a third bystander was narrowly missed when a gunman opened fire on a Bronx street in broad daylight Thursday, according to police and law enforcement sources. The pair of 17-year-old boys was in front of a five-story walk-up at 265 E. 176th St. in the Tremont section of the borough when the shots rang out around 1:20 p.m., police said. 4 Police are investigating the shooting of two teens in the Bronx. Peter Gerber Advertisement One of the teens was shot in the right arm, the other in the neck, police and sources said. Neither boy appeared to be the intended target of the shooter, but were struck in the crossfire, based on preliminary details, sources said. A bullet also went crashing through a Toyota Highlander that Christian Santos, 44, had parked just moments before. Advertisement Santos got out of the car to go to work when the bullets began flying. One went blasting through the rear of the car and into the driver's seat, striking the area where his head was moments before, he told The Post. 4 A bullet pierced a car during a shooting in the Bronx, narrowly missing the driver who had stepped out moments before. Peter Gerber Paramedics rushed the two teens to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition early Friday, according to the FDNY. The gunman, a male dressed in all black, fled the scene on foot, sources said. Advertisement There have been no arrests and the shooting remains under investigation. 4 Police are searching for the gunman who opened fire in broad daylight Thursday afternoon in the Bronx. Peter Gerber 4 There have been no arrests in a shooting that occurred in broad daylight in the Bronx and the incident remains under investigation by the NYPD. Peter Gerber Advertisement So far this year there have been 15 shooting victims and 12 shooting incidents in the 46th precinct where Thursday's shooting occurred, according to the most recent NYPD statistics. Those numbers are a slight increase from the same time last year. Overall, the shooting numbers are down nearly 24% across the Bronx, but the borough was shocked when another teenage innocent bystander, Evette Jeffrey, 16, was shot in the head and killed in May.
New York Post
25-04-2025
- New York Post
32-year-old fighting for his life after being dragged along Bronx street trying to stop brazen car thief, disturbing video shows
A 32-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was violently dragged by his own Infiniti Q50 along a Bronx street when he attempted to thwart a brazen broad-daylight car theft Thursday, shocking video shows. The unidentified victim left his running vehicle double-parked on Westchester Avenue in Pelham Bay around noon to pick up Chinese food when an SUV drove up beside it, according to law enforcement sources and footage obtained by The Post. As the car thief emerged from the backseat of the SUV and quickly hopped into the driver's side of the Infiniti, the victim raced from the sidewalk and attempted to save his car. 5 A 32-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was violently dragged by his own car. Suppliied The man grabbed hold of the driver's side window and attempted to run along with the car as it sped off, dragging him across the street, the video shows. Officers found the victim badly injured with trauma to his head and leg a block away on Wilkinson Avenue, the NYPD said. 5 Shocking video showed the carjacking in progress and the moment when the unidentified victim was dragged by the Infiniti Q50. Suppliied 5 The brazen robbery happened Thursday around noon in Pelham Bay, Bronx. Peter Gerber He remains in critical condition at Jacobi Hospital while the perp remains on the loose, authorities said. The Infiniti was later abandoned and recovered on the northbound Hutchinson River Parkway, according to cops and photos captured by The Post, which showed the extensive damage on the driver's side. 5 The stolen car was later found abandoned nearby on the Hutchinson River Parkway. Peter Gerber 5 The victim remains in critical condition. Peter Gerber The violent car robbery comes on the heels of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch this month calling the Bronx 'the absolute best place' in New York City to steal a car as she accused the borough's District Attorney Darcel Clark of a soft-on-crime approach. While car thefts were down 12% across the city in the first three months of 2025, the Bronx saw a 3.6% bump in stolen vehicles, Tisch said on April 15. The district attorney's office defended its prosecuting decisions at the time, stating that 'there is a difference between what the police charge at arrest and what we can prove in court.'
