Legendary stand-up comedian and Bronx resident, Robert Schimmel died Saturday, a week after being injured in a car accident.

Howard Bragman, Schimmel’s representative, confirmed Saturday that the 60 year-old performer died Friday night at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. Police say the comedian was a passenger in a car driven by his 19 year-old daughter , Aliyah, when she swerved to avoid another car, causing the Schimmel vehicle to roll several times.

Schimmel’s 11 year-old son was also in the car but was treated and released from the hospital the same day. Bragman said 19 year-old Aliyah was listed in stable condition.

Schimmel was born in Bronx, New York in 1950.

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A new report released Monday by New York City’s transportation planners details where, when and why pedestrian accidents have most often occurred.

The New York City Transportation Department described the new study as the most ambitious of its kind. The report examined more than 7,000 crashes that occurred in New York City between 2002 and 2006, and only those resulting in serious injury to a pedestrian. The study undercuts some of the century-old assumptions about transportation in the Big Apple.

Taxis, and their stereotypically wild drivers, are not as menacing as many people believe. Cabs, buses, and trucks accounted for far fewer pedestrian accidents in Manhattan than did private automobiles. Jaywalkers were also involved in fewer collisions than their law abiding counterparts.

And in 80 percent of city accidents that resulted in serious injury or the death of a pedestrian, a male driver was behind the wheel.

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A 5 year-old boy was injured Saturday night in a Bronx hit-and-run crash.

According to officials with the New York City Police Department, a dark colored sport utility vehicle struck 5 year-old Joshua Sanders and dragged him halfway down East 214th Street near Bronxwood Avenue Saturday. Police say Joshua was playing baseball with friend at a family cookout and ran into the street to retrieve a ball shortly after 6:30 p.m. when he was struck.

“The truck that hit him just kept driving,” said 35 year-old Horace Kelly. Witnesses say Joshua was dragged more than 50 feet before he was dislodged from the car. “He wasn’t breathing,” Kelly said. “He was just lying there.”

Police are still looking for the driver, who witnesses say stopped briefly before speeding away.

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A woman died following a Bronx car accident on the Wilbur Cross Parkway Wednesday.

According to officials with the New York State Police, 43 year-old Bronx-resident Jennifer Fasulo was pronounced dead at Yale-New Haven Hospital following a car crash on Route 15 early Wednesday. Police say the crash occurred shortly before 7:00 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the Wilbur Cross Parkway between exits 64 and 63.

Authorities say Fasulo somehow lost control of her vehicle, swerved and struck a tree. She had to be extricated from her car. Police continue to investigate the crash. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor.

The family of a 76 year-old Philippine man who died in a Bronx car accident is planning to sue the two drivers involved in the crash.

According to the New York City Police Department accident report, the driver of a minivan made an illegal u-turn and collided with a taxi on the corner of Kingsbridge and University Avenue in the Bronx on August 10. That is when, police say, the cab driver struck Marcelino Adraneda and pinned him to a bus stop.

Adraneda was pronounced dead while en route to the hospital.

Several others were injured in the crash, including a woman whose legs were amputated. Two other people were in critical condition.

Ofelia Bernardo, Adraneda’s daughter, said she was upset with the emergency responders. “I was very angry. The police could not do anything. They were just there. The ambulance did not get there until 15 to 20 minutes after,” Bernardo said. “My father was bleeding profusely and we couldn’t do anything either. We couldn’t even push the cab off of him… We’re seeking justice. It’s unfair for my father who suffered so much. We lost our father because of two negligent drivers.”