A patient being transported via Hatzalah ambulance died and eight people were injured after an accident involving an EMS vehicle in Brooklyn Sunday, according to the NYPD.
Authorities got a call for trauma and multiple casualties at around 3:01 p.m. on Avenue N and Schenectady Avenue in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, FDNY officials said.
According to police, the EMS vehicle was transporting a 95-year-old woman with a heart condition southbound on Schenectady when it collided with a 2002 Maxima going westbound. The woman died from her injuries.
Members of the ambulance’s crew, an adult male believed to be the 95-year-old woman’s son and two people in the other vehicle and two people in the 2002 Maxima suffered minor injuries, totaling eight injured.
Police said it was unknown at this time if there is any criminality involved. An accident investigation is underway.
⚠️🇺🇸#ALERT: Multiple people seriously injured after NYC ambulance flips over
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Police on scene are requesting backup to close streets after an ambulance in service flipped due to a serious crash. 7 people have sustained injuries.
This is an ongoing incident! pic.twitter.com/m4O1vxxQTN— Intel Point ALERTS (@IntelPointAlert) April 4, 2021