By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• A multi-vehicle crash in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn involving an FDNY fire truck responding to a call left one man dead and at least 11 others injured on Tuesday evening.
• The FDNY tower ladder was traveling east on Avenue S with lights and sirens activated when it struck a commercial van at the intersection of West 11th Street around 6:30 p.m.
• After the initial collision, the fire truck struck an Access-A-Ride van, which then collided with a Lexus SUV, authorities said.
• A 78-year-old passenger in the Access-A-Ride van was pronounced dead; five firefighters and other civilians were treated in local hospitals.
• The NYPD and FDNY are investigating the cause of the crash and circumstances surrounding the response.
BROOKLYN, NY — One man was killed and at least 11 people were injured Tuesday evening in a chain-reaction crash in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn involving a Fire Department of New York truck responding to an emergency call, officials said.
The FDNY tower ladder was traveling eastbound on Avenue S with lights and sirens activated when it struck a commercial van at the intersection of West 11th Street at about 6:30 p.m., according to police. The force of that collision sent the fire truck into an Access-A-Ride van, which then collided with a Lexus SUV.
A 78-year-old man riding in the Access-A-Ride van was pronounced dead at a local hospital, authorities said.
Five firefighters from the FDNY unit involved, the driver of the commercial van, the Lexus driver, and several passengers from the Access-A-Ride van were taken to hospitals with injuries described as stable by officials.
Police and fire department investigators are reviewing the scene and traffic factors to determine the cause of the crash and the sequence of events leading up to it.