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Police are investigating the cause of a Saturday evening accident, in which a car veered onto an Ocean Avenue sidewalk and struck three people.

The accident happened at approximately 4:30 between 5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Ocean Avenue and Voorhies Avenue, and left three people injured.

One of the victims is in critical condition.

Police closed down Ocean Avenue from Avenue Z to Shore Parkway for approximately an hour, readers told Sheepshead Bites.

Authorities were still investigating what caused the driver to go off the road as of Sunday afternoon.

UPDATE (11:05 a.m.): NYPD sources have confirmed that the victims were three females, aged 27, 15 and 14. They were all taken to Lutheran Medical Center, with the two younger victims in stable condition. The 27-year-old is in critical condition.

Police also revealed that the car, a 2000 black Nissan, was traveling north on Ocean Avenue when the 66-year-old driver blew through a red light, mounted the curb and struck the victims.

There is no indication that the driver was under the influence of any kind of drug or alcohol, the police source noted, though he was issued a summons for failure to stop at a red light. It is currently being investigated as an accident, though additional charges may be leveled at the driver as the investigation unfolds.

Correction: (3/29/2013 at 10:41 a.m.): The 15-year-old victim, still in the hospital, left a comment below correcting the time stated above. It was between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m., she said, and not 4:30 p.m. as we previously reported.

Tipster Inna P. let us know about an accident that happened at approximately 5:40 p.m. yesterday, when a pedestrian was struck on Ocean Parkway, in front of Coney Island Hospital.

It appears the pedestrian was crossing the service road in front of the hospital when he was struck by a car. In a video Inna sent, the victim, though sprawled out on the pavement, is conscious and alert. He was rubbing his head as he stayed lying down on the street.

It’s not clear if the vehicle in the photo is the vehicle that struck him, or if the driver stayed on the scene after the accident.

Manhattan Beach resident Kathleen H. sent us the above photo with the following note:

These cars look like they were involved in a high speed highway accident. In reality, this occurred in front of our local school, at approximately 8:15, when children are arriving at school. Anyone going too fast? Anyone running a red light? What is wrong with this picture? A disgrace!

The accident is at Emmons Avenue and Shore Boulevard.

A traffic light that’s out-of-order due to the power outages still hobbling Sheepshead Bay caused a car accident this morning on Bedford Avenue and Voorhies Avenue.

Sure, it’s not unusual to see cars on the sidewalk in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the flooding from which caused many cars to float several feet from their parking spaces, but this one ended up there after confusion at the down traffic light.

“All the more reason why we need our power back,” writes tipster Richard K.

It does not appear anyone was injured in the accident.

The buffs at NYScanner just tweeted out the above photo of a car collision on Avenue V and East 14th Street, which caused one of the vehicles to flip onto its roof.

The accident appears to have happened just minutes ago, and EMS units are on scene reporting that there are two people pinned at the location.

UPDATE (2:52 p.m.): The two people pinned have been successfully extricated. The extent of their injuries is not known. Emergency Service Units have arrived to right the car so it can be towed.

This is a breaking news story and may contain inaccuracies. We will update it as more information becomes available. If anyone has more information or additional photos, please send them to tips (at) sheepsheadbites (dot) com.

A child was struck by a car at approximately 3:00 p.m. today while crossing Avenue Y at East 19th Street, reports tipster Allan Shweky.

A witness told Shweky that the boy was crossing from the south side and was hit by a vehicle going eastbound.

It’s unclear how severe his injuries are. It’s also unknown if he is a student at P.S. 254 Dag Hammarskjold elementary school, located right across the street.

This is a breaking news story and may contain inaccuracies. We will update it as more information becomes available. If anyone has more information or additional photos, please send them to tips (at) sheepsheadbites (dot) com.

A reader sent us video of the aftermath of what he said was a high-speed car chase on Neptune Avenue, which ended with the suspect’s vehicle flipping over near East 11th Street at approximately 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Here’s what he wrote:

this guy was fleeing from the cops. There was a  high speed chase, and his truck flipped. This was on Neptune Ave just off of Coney Island Ave.  Amazingly, he got out of the car through the door and started saying that the mob was following him. Then he asked the police to promise him that he would be allowed to go back to his hotel.  As he was being carried away restrained in a stretcher, he was yelling “Your breaking the law” to the police officers.

The NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Public Information’s office could not provide us with any details about the incident.

Source: Windsor Terrace Patch

Neighbor Salmir Gutic died Monday night after a car collision in Kensington, on East 8th Street and Avenue I.

According to a report on the Windsor Terrace Patch, the 34-year-old was making a lefthand turn on westbound Avenue I when a Mercedes Benz on the avenue collided into his car shortly before 9:30 p.m.

Gutic was transported to New York Community Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

Police are investigating, though no criminality is suspected, the site notes.

On July 16, 2o12, active U.S. Army soldier Steven Isris was killed in a motorcycle accident off Avenue P and East 8th Street, an accident we first wrote about when friends of Isris contacted us seeking information from the community about the accident. At the time Isris was in critical condition; he passed away a short time later.

He is survived by his loving family, friends, fiance, and unborn child. Steven was 23 years old when he passed away, and, in remembrance, his family is holding a fundraiser to raise money for his fiance Svetlana, and their child on the way.

The event is a poker night to be held on October 13, and donations collected will be used to establish the Steven Isris Fund for his family. Some donations will be used for raffles and prizes for the event that Steven’s family hopes to turn into an annual affair. You can donate money or find more information on the fundraiser here.

Scanner reports indicate that a driver in Midwood lost control of his car, swerved into a construction site, and plummeted 40 feet into a hole this morning.

Early reports indicate the accident occurred at approximately 9:45 a.m., at Coney Island Avenue and Avenue L.  Initial reports said that a pedestrian was struck and two ambulances were called to the scene, but this has not yet been confirmed.

A later report said there were no serious injuries.

UPDATE: Reader Eddie B. just wrote in with some additional details and photos:

 I was just over there as it happened. I was passing by on a motorcycle let and saw a dude I know sitting in the road so pulled over.  He was on a bicycle riding toward coney island as a lady was pulling out of a hydrant spot into a u-turn and hit him.  He said she hit the gas instead of the brake as it happened,  with him on the hood of the car. He got thrown off and she continued,  hitting a couple more cars and then broke through a construction zone where she plummeted down a 3-story hole landing the car upside down.  She crawled out of the wreck and got taken away in an ambulance, in shock but uninjured. He had a back injury and got taken away by ambulance.

This is a breaking news story and may contain inaccuracies. We will update it as more information becomes available. If anyone has more information or additional photos, please send them to tips (at) sheepsheadbites (dot) com.