Norwood/Olinville: Man Suffers Minor Injuries in Motor Vehicle Collision

By SILE MOLONEY

A man was taken to hospital following a motor vehicle accident on the Bronx River Parkway over the weekend. Police said on Saturday, May 7, at 6.49 a.m., a Nissan traveling north on the exit ramp of the Bronx River Parkway at East Gun Hill Road [located in the 47th precinct] in the vicinity of Norwood / Olinville rear-ended a 2003 Ford who was stopped in traffic. The driver of the 2003 Ford was removed to an area hospital with minor injuries. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline

By SILE MOLONEY

A woman has been hit with a DWI charge following a collision in Kingsbridge over the weekend. The FDNY said on Friday, May 6, at 10.52 p.m., emergency units responded to W 230th Street and The Major Deegan Expressway following reports of a motor vehicle accident. Three patients were transported to Harlem Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center. Their genders/ages/conditions were unavailable. We asked for confirmation of how many vehicles were involved in the collision and police later confirmed there were two. A traffic alert issued by New York State on Friday night at around 11.33 p.m. referred to

By DAVID GREENE

The following story is an updated version of the one that appears in our latest print edition. A bee flying inside a moving car is said to be the reason for a single-vehicle accident that occurred on the Grand Concourse in Bedford Park, causing an unidentified driver to slam into a tree and the car to later burst into flames. According to the NYPD, on Saturday, April 30, at approximately 3.37 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision on Grand Concourse at Miriam Street in the vicinity of Bedford Park. Upon arrival, officers were

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Thursday, May 5, that a Rikers Island inmate had been sentenced to nine years in prison for assaulting a Rikers Island medical clinic doctor, taking an assistant to a doctor hostage, and threatening to take another doctor hostage, in three separate events. According to the investigation, on Dec. 13, 2018, in the main medical clinic in the George R. Vierno Center in Rikers Island, the defendant, Peter Rodriguez, 31, attacked a doctor, who was treating him. The doctor suffered multiple muscle tears after Rodriguez pulled on his arm. The defendant then

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, May 6, that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 27 years to life in prison for the murder and dismemberment of Lisa Marie Velasquez in 2018. According to the investigation, in the early morning of August 22, 2018, Velasquez, 25, had gone to the apartment that the defendant, Daquan Wheeler, 34, last of 1006 Longfellow Avenue in the Foxhurst section of the South Bronx, shared with co-defendant, Ciara Martinez, the mother of Wheeler’s child. Velasquez’s objective was to help Martinez. During the visit, Wheeler hit Velasquez once in the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Fire marshals confirmed the cause of the 4-alarm fire which broke out at 2230 Grand Concourse on Sunday, Jan. 9. As reported, the fire took place in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx on the same day as the separate Twin Parks fire tragedy, among some other fires which also occurred in the borough on the same day. If using a lithium battery, follow the manufacturer’s instructions for charging and storage. Always use the manufacturer’s cord and power adapter made specifically for the device. If a battery overheats, discontinue use immediately. See more at https://t.co/NpwdRdlElY #FDNYSmart pic.twitter.com/jPkzewBgLb —

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

The intersection of Mosholu Parkway and East Bainbridge Avenue was transformed into showgrounds for an open air circus, last month, in celebration of Earth Day, as the parkway was cleared of cars as part of a citywide Department of Transportation (DOT) Car Free Day, marking, once again, the annual event which promotes more sustainable living. This year, on Saturday, April 23, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., the Flatbed Follies Bindlestiff Family Cirkus descended upon Bedford Park with a host of spectacular street performances, delighting the community. About 200 people showed up for the event. Some walked, some biked,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday, May 5, that a U.S. presidential delegation will attend the inauguration of his excellency, Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles, as president of the Republic of Costa Rica on May 8, 2022. The Hon. Miguel Cardona, U.S. secretary of education, will lead the delegation. The delegation also includes the Hon. Cynthia Telles, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, the Hon. Uzra Zeya, under secretary for civilian security, democracy, and human rights at the U.S. State department, and the Hon. Cristóbal Alex, special assistant to the president and White House deputy cabinet

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory on Saturday, May 7, at 12:43 p.m. which will remain in effect until 2.45 p.m. Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected in parts of northeast New Jersey and southeast New York, including the northeast New Jersey counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union and the southeast New York counties of Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens and Richmond (Staten Island). Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas is expected. The doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain, causing urban and small

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