Friday, October 23, 2009
Car accident on First Avenue and Fourth Street leaves one dead
Streetsblog has the story, with an update here from Gothamist, who's reporting that a 55-year-old woman was killed in the two-vehicle collision.
The Post has just filed a report too, saying the victim was a passenger in the minivan involved in the collision.
[Photo via an EV Grieve reader]
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That's really horrific. I don't know any of the details, but cars are always speeding down 4th St - you gotta be careful crossing this intersection.
ReplyDeleteThe posted speed limit is 30 mph? Not many motorists seem to pay attention to that... you're right Goggla — this is a dangerous intersection.
ReplyDeleteincredible. How is this possible!! As usual where are the cops when you need them. Well, we do have Dunkin Donuts on every corner now.
ReplyDelete1st avenue was closed this morning for the accident. all northbound traffic from below Houston was diverted.
ReplyDeletewalked by at about 8:45 on way to work, all i saw was the aftermath. it was very chilling.
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A horrific scene, anon.
ReplyDeleteMy boyfriend and I live on A and 4th and our room faces towards 1st ave. We heard this crazy screeching sound and then a loud bang (like in the article). I thought maybe a car hit a building the way it sounded.
ReplyDeleteWe couldn't see anything, but then there were sirens and we heard a helicopter circling the area. When we walked to work around 8am, the aftermath was still there. I had no idea that someone had died until my boss found the article on Gothamist saying, "hey, this happened right by you!"
jeez..that is truly awful!
ReplyDelete14th and 1st is another dangerous intersection. Two women were killed there last year, among others as I recall.
ReplyDelete30 mph is the citywide speed limit, which is still too fast. Of course many streets (such as 1st ave) are engineered to promote speeding.
ReplyDeleteI wish that I had not even looked at this, it was a friend of mine who lost her mother in this horrific crash....Please send some positive energy her way!
ReplyDeleteI'm very sorry to hear about your friend's loss, anon.
ReplyDelete@anon 10:48 am.
ReplyDelete14th and 1st is a treacherous intersection. I've seen a few close calls at the Houston/Essex/A/First Street intersection too...