Long Day Yesterday - Two Major Events and One Bad Accident.

   Yesterday Governor Andrew Cuomo spent the morning at Hostos College praising Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. on the achievements of how far the Bronx has come under Diaz Jr's tenure. The governor also introduced a new program to help Bronx Youth. 

   The governor as well as over 500 people were at the Bronx Democratic County Committee dinner later in the day, but those two events will be in the next two postings.

   At the end of the day I was at my favorite place to be, on Riverdale Avenue (between West 236th and 238th Streets) at Yo Burger or Salvatore's of Soho. The people are friendly and the food is delicious as well as reasonably priced. As I was about to call it a night there was a screech and then a bang nearby. The photos below will tell the story of a delivery person trying to cross a a major roadway where accidents sometimes happen when drivers are not careful. It is not known if the delivery person went through the stop sign, was texting, or did mot see the oncoming car that hit him. It should be obvious that the driver of the car coming up the Riverdale Avenue hill did not see the other car dart out in front of him as there was a very short distance of skid marks. 

   The fire Department and an ambulance arrived within minutes as the delivery person had to be taken to a hospital while the other driver stayed on the scene. The roadway was closed for almost an hour as the Sanitation Department arrived within 30 minutes, but it took the 50th precinct almost an hour to arrive. The vehicles were finally moved to the side of the road an the street was reopened. 

Above - The delivery car which was hit broadside as the driver of the other car could not stop in time. Even with the side air bags the driver was still injured. The next question has to be if he was wearing his seat belt. This photo was taken after the firemen moved the car to the side.

Below - The mangled front end of the car coming up the hill, Since the radiator was broken the Sanitation Department had to be called to sand the road from the leaking antifreeze. You can see that the delivery car was spun around as it sits facing the same way as the car that hit it as firemen look to see what to do.