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A car crash occurred on Wednesday, January fourteenth, 2009. The accident took place in East Meadow, New York.

On Wednesday night, Michael Sinclair, 20, from Levittown, was driving his vehicle south on Newbridge Road. At around eleven, p.m., he lost control of his black Infiniti and hit the back of another vehicle who was waiting to make a left turn. The vehicle he hit was a black 1998 Toyota Camry. After it was hit, the car was forced back one hundred feet down Newbridge Road where it smashed into a pole on the western side of the street. The driver was thrown out of the vehicle where he sustained serious injury.

Sinclair was allegedly under the influence of illegal drugs at the time of the accident. He has been arrested and charged for driving with the substance. Kyle Whitenack, 22, of Grace Lane, was a passenger in Sinclair’s car. He was also charged with criminal possession of a prohibited matter.

Sinclair and two of his passengers were taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow after each suffered personal injuries from the car crash. They received treatment at the hospital for their injuries.

After the car accident, the area of the accident had been marked off with yellow tape and both cars were in terrible condition. The front of the Toyota was completely smashed with an excessive number of indents. The entire body of the Infiniti vehicle was torn apart and parts of the vehicle flew off from the collision. Both cars were sent in for safety checks and police are still investigating the situation.

Any person who suffers a personal injury in a car accident should seek the assistance of a New York Injury Lawyer. The cause of the accident was Sinclair being under the influence of drugs and not driving safely. A good New York injury Lawyer can help the injured parties receive compensation for those the injuries from the car accident.

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A car crash occurred on December twenty-fifth, 2008. The mishap took place in Central Islip, New York.

On the Christmas day night, Hector Rapalo, 39, was traveling northbound on his bicycle along Route 11. As he was moving towards the intersection with Chestnut Street, an automobile hit him from behind. After the car crash, the driver of the vehicle fled from the scene without stopping.

After being hit by the unknown vehicle, the bicyclist was taken to Southside Hospital, located in Bay Shore. There, Rapalo received intensive care for a serious head injury. Sadly, despite the best efforts of the medical staff and around the clock attention at the hospital, 48 hours after the tragic car accident, Rapalo died.

The front of the vehicle may have received damages from the accident. Police believe that the automobile is a little, black car with “low wheels”. The vehicle may have been a Honda.

If anyone has any information about the incident it should be reported. Even though the driver and the vehicle have not been identified New York has provided a system of insurance for those who have suffered an injury from either an uninsured driver or a hit and run driver. Any relative of the person killed should inquire the help of a New York Injury Lawyer. The hit-and-run driver was the cause of the death of Hector Rapalo. While no one can bring back Mr. Rapalo, possibly a good New York Injury Lawyer maybe able to help provide Hector's family with some financial relief.

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A car accident occurred on January twenty-fifth, 2008. It took place in Melville, New York.

On Saturday morning, a car on Route 110 hit Melissa Scherr, 25, from Long Island. She was allegedly not paying attention when she was speaking to her boyfriend on her cell phone. The driver, Douglas Davis, 44, was allegedly under the influence of alcohol and was drunk while behind the wheel of his pickup truck. Davis hit Scherrfled and fled the scene of the accident after the crash.

Scherr was taken to the Huntington Hospital after the accident. Hours later after receiveing the best efforts of the hospitals medical staff, she was pronounced dead as a result of the fatal injury suffered from the car accident.

After police caught him, Davis did not pass a sobriety test. He was then arrested. Davis is supposed to be going to the First District Court in Central Islip later in the week. He is charged with DWI, driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident.

Any person who suffers an injury or has a family member who is the victim of a wrongful death as a result of a drunk driver in New York should seek counsel from a New York Injury lawyer. It appears Davis' use alcohol is a significant casue of the accident. Defend you and your loved ones rights if this sdaly happens to you New York Injury Lawyer can defend your legal rights.

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