Skip to main content

Featured

Jacobi Gets Stormwater Upgrade

BRONX - The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) joined with NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and the global design and consultancy firm Arcadis to announce the ongoing stormwater drainage upgrades at the Jacobi Hospital campus. DEP is investing nearly $5 million to build stormwater drainage and storage systems beneath three of the parking lots on the campus through its Resilient NYC Partners program. When completed, the stormwater drainage and storage systems will be able to capture more than 5 million gallons a year. The project will not only help to protect the hospital’s facilities, staff and visitors, but also create additional capacity in the larger Pelham Parkway sewer system, helping to reduce flooding throughout the neighborhood. DEP and Arcadis, who is managing the construction at each site, recently completed similar upgrades at Flushing Hospital in Queens and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with a $1.78 million investment. ...

Moped Rider Killed in Crash Near Bronx Zoo

Police officers and fire fighters were on hand during a fatal moped crash on Southern Boulevard near the Bronx Zoo. -Photo by Citizen App


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 19, 2023 


BRONX - A moped driver lost control and fatally struck a concrete barrier near the Bronx Zoo over the weekend, cops said. 



At around midnight on September 17, 27-year-old Christopher Vatran was riding his gas powered moped on Southern Boulevard near the Bronx River Parkway when he lost control. Vatran struck a concrete barrier, was ejected and landed on the roadway. 


BIKERS RUN OVER 2-YEAR-OLD IN PARK


BRONX - Cops are asking for the public’s help in trying to catch dirt bike and moped riders who ran over a two-year-old girl inside Pelham Park.

See More...


EMS transported Vatran to Jacobi Medical Center where was pronounced deceased. 


NYPD's Highway District Collision Investigation Squad determined the crash was an accident and the victim had lost control. 




Investigators said Vatran was operating a 2023 Jiaju gas-powered moped eastbound on Southern Boulevard. He failed to navigate a curve in the roadway and lost control. The moped slammed into a concrete barrier on the south side of the roadway. The impact caused Vatran to be ejected from the moped and crash to the pavement. 



No arrests have been made and the Highway Squad is still investigating. 





Comments

Popular Posts

×