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FILE - Passengers wait on a subway platform in NYC. (credit: CBS 2)

4 Days, 5 Deaths Or Injuries On Subway

Another person was struck and killed on a subway train Friday night, bringing the total number of subway accidents up to five for just this week.

2013/02/23

Hempstead Turnpike

Fence On Hempstead Turnpike Planned To Stop Dangerous Pedestrian Crossing

A 900-foot fence is set to be constructed in the middle of the busy Hempstead Turnpike, where crossing the busy roadway has put many people in danger.

2013/01/12

Nassau County police cruiser (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS/File)

Increased Patrols Net 35 DWI Arrests On Long Island

Police in Nassau and Suffolk counties have arrested nearly three-dozen people on drunk driving charges during the first part of Memorial Day Weekend.

2012/05/26

Tracy Morgan (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Entertainment)

Gotham Gossipist: Tracy Morgan:1; Delivery Guy: 0

One of these days someone is going to make a video game about dodging delivery guys in New York City.

2012/04/03

A worker is seen next to a luxury bus that crashed on Exit 9 of the southbound New Jersey Turnpike, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in East Brunswick, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Bus Company In Turnpike Crash Has Spotty Safety Record

The company involved in last week’s bus crash on the New Jersey Turnpike apparently has been under federal scrutiny.

2011/03/19

Richard Delgaudio, front left, of Rocky Hill, Conn., joins other passersby to help a motorist stranded in snow at an intersection in Hartford, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

Sections Of Connecticut Hit With 2 Feet Of Snow

A major winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on much of Connecticut on Wednesday, shutting down schools and businesses and slowing travel to a crawl.

2011/01/12

Rt. 17 in East Rutherford, N.J. (credit: Steve Sandberg, 1010 WINS)

Snow Storm Causing Few Problems In New Jersey

New Jersey Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando said the Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway were both in good shape, in part because travelers heeded warnings and stayed off the roads overnight.

2011/01/12

Astoria, Queens residents say more stops signs and street lights are needed at intersections like 21st Avenue and 23rd Street, where a man was killed in a fatal accident in December 2009. (Photo Credit: Google Maps)

Residents Rally For Safer Streets & Intersections In Astoria

A rally was held on Saturday for more stops signs in Astoria, Queens to prevent accidents at dangerous intersections.

2010/11/13

A cyclist makes his way down Broadway on the newly painted section called Broadway Boulevard in midtown Manhattan July 11, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NYC To Start Recording Accidents Between Bikes, Pedestrians

Pedestrians hit and injured by bicycle riders – it’s a statistic that no one kept. However, after CBS 2 exposed the gap in record-keeping, New York City is moving to fill in the blanks.

2010/10/20

A fire engine collided with a tractor trailer in Queens, injuring eight people, including six firefighters, on January 17, 2008. (credit: CBS 2 Viewer Eric Brown)

Queens Firefighters Told To Slow Down

For the next three months, rigs in Queens will obey regular traffic rules when heading to non-life threatening calls.

2010/10/04

Power Lines (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)

Power Back On For Thousands In N.J.

Jersey Central Power And Light said about 70,000 customers were affected by a sub-station failure in Colts Neck.

2010/08/31

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