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The New York Daily News is reporting this week on what one lawyer considers, "The most dangerous intersection on the East Side of Manhattan," Essex and Delancey.
According to data from the Department of Transportation, from 1998 to 2010, 523 automobile accidents have occurred at the intersection, or one accident every eight to nine days. 134 of the collisions involved pedestrians and bicyclists, 258 people have been injured, and 3 people have died.
The most recent death occurred on May 10th this year, when Patricia Crockett, 51, of Brooklyn crossed the intersection. A private sanitation truck ran her over. When she was taken to Bellevue Hospital, she suffered a leg amputation and eventually succumbed to death at the age of 51. She is survived by a teenage son and her husband.
Ms. Crockett's family is now suing the owner and driver of the truck, as well as the city for $20 million. They claim Ms. Crockett was forced to walk in the street because the sidewalk was barricaded after a sidewalk collapse. The family's goal is to force a safety-oriented remodeling of the intersection.
The Department of Transportation says they have already labored to fix the roadway with a "leading pedestrian interval" in 2008, which gives pedestrians time to cross without oncoming traffic. They also plan to install countdown signals. Such remodelings have led to a 21% drop-off in pedestrian fatalities elsewhere from 2001 to 2010.
As a practicing wrongful death and personal injury attorney in New York, I deal with dangerous road conditions like this every day. If you would like more information about how negligence and accident cases work in the state of New York, I encourage you to explore my educational website http://www.oginski-law.com. If you have legal questions, I urge you to pick up the phone and call me at 516-487-8207 or by e-mail at lawmed10@yahoo.com to answer your questions. That's what I do every day. I welcome your call.
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