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Bronx Crash Occurred at Freeway's 'Bermuda Triangle'

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:51:05 CDT

Yesterday's horrifying car crash near the Bronx zoo occurred at the Bronx River Parkway's "Bermuda Triangle," where accidents have happened before, a lawyer tells the New York Daily News . In fact, Eric Buckvar sued New York state and city for some of the six people who died in 2006 after...

3 Kids Among Dead in SUV Plunge

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:04:19 CDT

Authorities say an out-of-control SUV plunged off a highway into a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo in New York City, killing seven people aboard, including three children. Police say the victims were an 84-year-old man; three women, ages 80, 45 and 39, and three girls, ages 3...

Going Rate for an NYC Island: $160K

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:48:38 CDT

It's 2.5 acres of rock that's mostly submerged at times, has no electricity or power, was best known for housing typhoid victims (or so goes the legend), and bears the ungainly moniker of Rat Island—and for $160,000, it could have been your little island just off the...

NYC Student Fatally Stabbed Hours After Graduation

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:39:37 CDT

A high school football star was stabbed in a fight with parking attendants over whether something was stolen from his family's car during his graduation ceremony and later died, police said. Isayah Muller, 19, a star running back who led his team to a district championship, was rushed to a...

Bronx Prodigy, 13, Heads to College

Matt Cantor — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:40:50 CDT

A young prodigy from the Bronx is headed to the University of Connecticut—at age 13. She already speaks three foreign languages: Arabic, Swahili, and Spanish. Her IQ tests at 149, better than most college students’. And she’s traveled the US performing spoken word, reports Black Voices via the Daily...

Guy Busted for Making Bomb Threat ... Over Reruns

Mark Russell — Sun, 29 May 2011 06:02:21 CDT

Credit one Bronx man for really hating bad art—Freddie Caldwell was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening to blow up a local TV station for showing too many Two and a Half Men reruns, reports the New York Post . The calls were placed May 11 and May 23, but police...

Bronx Bus Crash Driver Couldn't Legally Drive

Rob Quinn — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:19:00 CDT

The driver involved in the Bronx crash that killed 15 people shouldn't have been behind the wheel of any vehicle, let alone a tour bus full of passengers, officials involved in the probe tell AP . Ophadell Williams' driving privileges were suspended in 1995 and apparently never reinstated after he failed...

Tour Bus Death Toll Hits 15

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:52:07 CDT

Saturday's horrific Bronx tour bus crash claimed its 15th victim today. A 70-year-old man died from his injuries this morning, police say; none of the victims' names have yet been released. Several other passengers, most in critical condition, remain hospitalized with injuries, the AP reports. Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety...

Bus Crash Victims: Driver Swerved

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:07:53 CDT

Survivors and witnesses of yesterday's horrific Bronx tour bus crash are dismissing the driver's story that he was cut off by a tractor-trailer, reports the AP. Passengers have told investigators that he inexplicably swerved to the right various times just before the accident and that no one felt the bus...