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Car Crash at Fordham Road and Bainbridge Ave [Updated]

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A livery cab crashed into a department store on East Fordham Road near Bainbridge Avenue this afternoon, killing one woman and injuring approximately seven others, according to reporter David Greene, who was on the scene and took these photos.The car smashed into Cee & Cee Department Store, at 331 E. Fordham Road, pinning one woman underneath the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital, Greene said.

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Bronx Events: Italian Concert at Belmont Library

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The Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center, at 610 East 186th Street (near Belmont’s “Little Italy”) is hosting a free spring concert tonight, featuring a number of Italian artists including soprano Maria Fraccola, pianists Giovanni Valle and Marco Grilli, pop singer Anuhel and tenor Giuseppe Ruggiero. The show starts at 7 p.m. See the flier for more or call the library at (718) 933-6410.Check out our events calendar to see what else is happening in the Bronx this week. If you missed it, here’s our guide to family-friendly events to take part in this spring break. Editor’s note: What did we miss? Send details to bronxnewsnetwork[at]gmail.com.

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Bronx News Roundup, April 20

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Weather: I try to keep in mind there have probably been occasional sunny days recently, but I can’t for the life of me remember when they were. Another gray one today with a high of 67 degrees with scattered thunderstorms throughout the day (though none yet as of 12:40) and “isolated” storms this evening.

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Bronx News Roundup, April 19

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Weather: Temperatures in the low to mid 50s, with rain showers throughout most of the day. Story Of The Day: Charter School BluesThe Daily News’ Daniel Beekman takes us on the scene of a public lottery at the high-performing Bronx Charter School for Excellence, in Morris Park, where 1,635 hopeful parents were vying to get their kids into just 28 open kindergarten spots. The lottery determines who gets in and who goes home, a process (as chronicled in the much-talked about film “Waiting for Superman”) which means heartache for most of the families who apply.”It’s a crushing feeling,” one parent told the News. “You gamble with your kid’s life and just hope you get picked.”Bronx Charter boasts that 88 percent of its fifth-graders passed the state English exams last year-that’s compared to the 41 percent average for public schools in Bronx’s District 11.Quick Hits:

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Bronx Crime Watch: Murder in Kingsbridge

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A 40-year-old man died last night in Kingsbridge after sustaining multiple gun shot wounds. Just before 10 p.m., police from the 50th Precinct found Bryan Nunez unconscious and unresponsive at 2816 Heath Ave., about a half block north of Kingsbridge Road, with bullet wounds to his head and torso. Emergency responders pronounced Nunez dead at the scene. No arrests yet, police say. Police said Nunez was a resident of Washington Heights.

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Diaz For Bronx Week 2011

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Next month brings Bronx Week, the 10-day annual festival to celebrate all things Boogie Down-related. Here’s a video promoting the event, which will run from May 12-22, from Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. For a list of Bronx Week features and event, visit www.ilovethebronx.com.

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Vacca Calls Out Donald Trump

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Bronx City Councilman James Vacca sent out a statement this week blasting Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman-turned-reality TV star-turned-presidential hopeful, for comments he made recently that knocked the Big Apple.Trump, a native New Yorker, went on CNN this week and referred to LaGaurdia Airport in Queens as a “Third World airport.” “Donald Trump’s comments were at best a cheap shot at New York City and at worst an insensitive knock on the diversity that makes our city great,” Vacca said in statement sent out Sunday. “Donald Trump has lived in New York his whole life. He has done very well in New York. If he thinks he’s going to ride to the White House by picking on New York, he has another thing coming.”Trump also called the United States a “laughingstock” to the rest of the world for its lack of investment in infrastructure, erroneously saying no one can remember the last time the U.S. built a bridge.”Mr. Trump is free to come to my borough and look at the new Willis Avenue Bridge, completed just last year,” Vacca countered.

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Bronx Weekend News Roundup, Monday, April 18

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Welcome back to the program, ladies and gentleman of the Bronx and beyond. Just a reminder, today is the official deadline to file your taxes. So, get it done or risk the wrath of the IRS.Weather: High of around 60 today with clouds obscuring the sun as the day goes on. A strong chance of rain tonight through Wednesday. Story of the Day: Bronx Cops on the Hot SeatYesterday, the Post unveiled its “exclusive” look into the NYPD ticket-fixing scandal that apparently is almost exclusively focused on Bronx police officers.

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Bronx Crime Watch: Dead Grandma's Neighbor Indicted; Murder in U-Heights

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I know it’s been a while, but Crime Watch is back today with a couple of Bronx murder reports.Neighbor of Dead Grandmother Indicted for MurderLast week, Tyrone Ragland reportedly confessed to murdering 82-year-old grandmother Ethel Parish while high on crack. Today, Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announced Ragland’s indictment on three murder counts that would put him away for life. Earlier in his life, Ragland spent 15 years in prison for murder. On January 5, according to the Daily News, Ragland smoked crack before going over to Parish’s apartment on the 15th floor of the Murphy Houses on Crotona Avenue. Ragland said an argument erupted over $80 that Parish supposedly owed him for house work and that she attacked him first and then he retaliated.