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Two fatal pedestrian accidents involving a truck and a bus rocked Brooklyn and the Bronx early last week.
On the morning of Tuesday, December 6, Milo Montivilla, 57, was struck by a Reliant Transportation school bus in North Riverdale at 6am. As he crossed Broadway, the bus hit him while making a turn off of Moshulu Avenue. The bus seats twelve, but no other occupants were inside at the time.
According to witnesses, Montivilla was trying to catch his own bus when he was hit. He was then dragged down the street. Onlookers rushed toward the bus to stop the vehicle. Eventually, the bus made a stop but the victim was reportedly stuck beneath the bus for ten minutes. When cops arrived, Montivilla was rushed to St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers. He passed away at 6:45 am.
The driver, who is not expected to be charged, was overheard telling his boss that it was too dark and he could not see the pedestrian.
In Brooklyn the following day, a sanitation truck ran over a woman in Williamsburg. Katherine Yun, a 25 year-old woman from Syosset, was hit at the intersection of Broadway and Driggs Avenue. She was pronounced dead after she was taken to Woodhull Medical Center. The latest reports confirm police are still investigating the accident.
As a practicing wrongful death and accident attorney in New York, I deal with fatal accidents like these every day.
If you would like more information about how accident cases work in the state of New York, I encourage you to explore my educational website. 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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