UPDATE Bedford Park: Motor Vehicle Accident Reportedly Results in One Injured Scooter Driver

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

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 21-year-old hospitalized man is in stable condition after he was shot in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx on Thursday afternoon, police said. A second man was also shot, officials said. The incident occurred at White Plains Road and East 219th Street subway station on Thursday afternoon, May 11, underneath the elevated train tracks of the 219th Street Subway Station. A police spokeswoman told Norwood News on Thursday, based on a preliminary police report, “At around 13.45 this afternoon, we have a 21-year-old male….looks like he was shot at.. in the leg and he was taken to Montefiore

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 64-year-old woman from Kingsbridge Heights has died after being hit by a vehicle on the Major Deegan Expressway, police said. An NYPD spokesperson said that on Wednesday, May 10, at around 7.40 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian who had been struck on the northbound Major Deegan Expressway at the exit area to North Mosholu Parkway [in Van Cortlandt Park]. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 64-year-old female, unconscious and unresponsive, lying on the roadway,” the spokesperson said. “EMS responded to the location and transported the aided female to

By DAVID GREENE

MOTORIZED BIKE AND ATV riders take over Grand Concourse at Van Cortlandt Avenue in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Sunday, March 26, 2023, later crossing Mosholu Parkway and into Norwood. Video by David Greene via YouTube Nearly a year after the NYPD rolled out a new initiative to help crack down on illegal All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) dirt bikes, and scooters, the NYPD’s Community Response Team is back with over 300 officers from around the city, and are now working together to track riders caught using them. During a press conference covering several different crime-related topics on

By SÍLE MOLONEY

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UPDATE Bedford Park: Motor Vehicle Accident Reportedly Results in One Injured Scooter Driver

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