Several vehicles, including a fire truck, collided on a Brooklyn road.
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On March 10, a fire truck accident occurred in Brooklyn. One person was killed and about a dozen others were injured. ABC7 tells in more detail.
An FDNY fire truck was traveling east on Avenue S with its lights and siren on. At 18:30 p.m., it faced with a commercial van traveling west on 11th Street.
A camera on a nearby building captured a van entering an intersection and a fire truck slamming into it from the side. This is the type collision, when one car hits another perpendicularly, visually forming the letter "T".
The fire truck then struck a passenger-filled Access-A-Ride, which then collided with a Lexus.
Injured
Five firefighters were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
The driver of the commercial van was taken to NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn.
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The Access-A-Ride driver and three passengers were taken to South Brooklyn Health. Among them was a 78-year-old man who died. The other three (the driver and two passengers) are in stable condition.
"There were seven or eight people there. I think they were injured. The door wouldn't open, and the officer tried to quickly push it open, but it took a long time," witness Hussein Towsif said.
The Lexus driver was also hospitalized in stable condition. Authorities report 11 injuries.
Reviews from neighbors and the van owner
The explosive sound of the crash was so loud that neighbors remember only that.
"I heard a van driving on a green light, and a fire truck was driving on the same side. I don't know if the siren was on. Honestly, I didn't hear anything," said Marcello Ocello, who witnessed the incident.
Michael Liu owns a commercial van and an HVAC company. His employee was driving after work.
"It was very tragic for my employee. He was about to go through a green light, and a fire truck with no sirens was going through a red light and hit my truck," Liu explained.
According to preliminary police information, the fire truck's flashing lights and siren were activated. It is unclear whether the vehicle was responding to a call.
