Williamsbridge: Car Overturns & Bursts into Flames on Bronx River Parkway

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A car flipped on its roof and apparently burst into flames on the Bronx River Parkway at East Gun Hill Road on Tuesday afternoon, May 30. An FDNY spokesperson said the department received a call regarding the incident at 2.02 p.m. on Tuesday and that FDNY units responded to reports of an overturned vehicle on fire. The spokesperson indicated that three victims were ambulatory, meaning they could wait for treatment and were considered “walking wounded.” They were transported to Jacobi Medical Center and St. Barnabas Hospital respectively for treatment, the spokesperson said. Their genders, ages and conditions were

By DAVID GREENE

The NYPD said a female teen and a female pre-teen were injured in a motor-vehicle collision involving an FDNY vehicle in the Woodlawn Heights section of The Bronx on Mother’s Day. Police said the incident was reported on Sunday, May 14, at 3.49 p.m. and that officers from the 47th Precinct responded to the incident location in the vicinity of East 233rd Street and Webster Avenue. “Upon arrival, it was reported to police that a 2008 GMC vehicle, operated by a 41-year-old female, was traveling eastbound on East 233 Street when [an] FDNY ambulance collided with the rear of

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Note: Check back for more updates as we add more events. New York State Primary Elections June 27 Key Dates Request your absentee ballot online or by mail by Monday, June 12. Register to vote via https://nycvotes.turbovote.org/?r=votingnyc by Saturday, June 17. Update your address if you have moved in order to vote on Primary Day by Saturday, June 17. Early voting takes place from Saturday, June 17, to Sunday, June 25. Visit https://findmypollsite.vote.nyc/ to find your early voting site and hours. Request an absentee ballot in person by Monday, June 26. To find your borough Board of Elections

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Twenty-eight students from P.S. 199, The Shakespeare School, were the lucky recipients of new bikes last week thanks to the Montefiore School Health Program and the Montefiore Einstein Center for Performance Improvement. The bikes were presented to the students at their school, located at 1449 Shakespeare Avenue in the Mt. Eden section of The Bronx on Friday, May 19. Montefiore officials said the Grade 1 to 5 students, who were entered into a raffle after demonstrating respect, readiness, and responsibility, also learned about bike safety during the giveaway event. As reported, May marks National Bike Safety Month

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

The driver of a scooter was reportedly injured and treated at a local hospital following a motor vehicle accident on Jerome Avenue in Bedford Park on Monday in what appears to be the second collision to occur along a two-block section of the avenue, and within 10 days of a previous collision involving a bus and a car. Bystander, Levan Vashakidze, told Norwood News by phone that the accident occurred at around 1.40 p.m. on Monday, May 22. When Norwood News visited the crash site later on Monday afternoon, a police car and a scooter were seen, along with

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the person seen in the attached photo who is sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Allerton. Police said that on Monday, May 8, at around 3.35 p.m. a person got into a dispute with a 42-year-old, on-duty MTA employee, on a BX12 bus in the vicinity of Williamsbridge Road and Pelham Parkway. They said the person allegedly pushed the victim into the fare box and front partition of the bus. He then exited the bus and fled southbound on Esplanade Avenue, police said. “The victim was

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Officials from The Fire Department of New York said 10 people were transported to hospital following a motor vehicle collision on Monday afternoon in Baychester, south of Co-op City, and one further person was also injured but not hospitalized. The incident was reported at 3.18 p.m. at Einstein Loop North and Hutchinson River Parkway East on Monday, May 15, and involved four separate vehicles. An NYPD spokeswoman said an 80-year-old man was driving a jeep traveling northbound on Hutchinson River Parkway when he collided at the intersection with a yellow school bus, driven by a 72-year-old woman.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An off-duty New York City employee was arrested and charged in the 50th Precinct on Saturday, police said. An NYPD spokesperson said that on Saturday, May 13, Eriverto Carino, 24, an off-duty NYPD Officer was arrested within the boundaries of the 50th Precinct, which falls under the command of Captain Filastine Srour and covers the neighborhoods of Kingsbridge, Marble Hill, Riverdale, Fieldston, and Spuyten Duyvil, as well as Van Cortlandt Park. Carino was charged with driving while intoxicated or impaired. Police said the officer was assigned to the recruit training section of the department. A person

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A SMASHED UP car is seen on Jerome Avenue by East 198th Street in Bedford Park after it reportedly collided with an MTA bus at 6.10 a.m. on Friday morning, May 12, 2023. Video courtesy of a local resident One man was hospitalized and two people allegedly left the scene of a reported two-vehicle road accident which occurred in Bedford Park early on Friday morning under the elevated train tracks of the 4 train. A police spokesperson told Norwood News the collision occurred at Jerome Avenue by East 198th Street in Bedford Park after on Friday morning, May

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