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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13 comments:

  1. Laura Goggin PhotographyOctober 23, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    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.

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  2. EV GrieveOctober 23, 2009 at 2:20 PM

    The posted speed limit is 30 mph? Not many motorists seem to pay attention to that... you're right Goggla — this is a dangerous intersection.

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  3. Ken MacOctober 23, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    incredible. How is this possible!! As usual where are the cops when you need them. Well, we do have Dunkin Donuts on every corner now.

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  4. Bowery BoogieOctober 23, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    1st avenue was closed this morning for the accident. all northbound traffic from below Houston was diverted.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 23, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    walked by at about 8:45 on way to work, all i saw was the aftermath. it was very chilling.
    http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs248.snc1/9529_685194692234_5316855_39735389_3042712_n.jpg

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  6. EV GrieveOctober 23, 2009 at 4:19 PM

    A horrific scene, anon.

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  7. RoriOctober 23, 2009 at 4:48 PM

    My 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.

    We 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!"

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  8. Eden BeeOctober 23, 2009 at 11:07 PM

    jeez..that is truly awful!

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  9. AnonymousOctober 24, 2009 at 10:48 AM

    14th and 1st is another dangerous intersection. Two women were killed there last year, among others as I recall.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 24, 2009 at 11:13 PM

    30 mph is the citywide speed limit, which is still too fast. Of course many streets (such as 1st ave) are engineered to promote speeding.

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  11. AnonymousOctober 25, 2009 at 1:09 AM

    I 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!

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  12. EV GrieveOctober 25, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    I'm very sorry to hear about your friend's loss, anon.

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  13. EV GrieveOctober 25, 2009 at 9:25 AM

    @anon 10:48 am.

    14th and 1st is a treacherous intersection. I've seen a few close calls at the Houston/Essex/A/First Street intersection too...

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