Another pedestrian fatality has been reported this year. This time, a utility truck struck and killed a pedestrian in Midtown Manhattan on Monday night. As reported by CBS New York, a woman was struck by a utility truck at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Further details have not been reported at this time. When an..
Category: Utility Injuries
Subway Train in Brooklyn Kills One MTA Worker and Injures Another Working on Tracks
Two MTA workers were working on the tracks as flagman around 12:15am when they were struck by a southbound G train as it rounded a corner by East 3rd Street and Canton Avenue. According to CBS New York, the two were acting as flagman in preparation for construction by an outside contractor. Both of the..
Murray Hill Ceiling Collapse Injures Three Workers
On January 8, 2013, NY1 reported that a ceiling collapsed in a historic building in Manhattan’s Murray Hill section. The building was undergoing renovations at the time of the collapse. Unfortunately, this is not the first incident of a ceiling collapse in recent years, but it is the most recent example of the potential dangers..