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Two NYFD Fire Truck Collide In Brooklyn, 12 Firemen Injured

On Saturday morning, October 24, two New York City Fire Department fire trucks collided at an intersection in Brooklyn. Both emergency vehicles were responding to a gas leak in the NYC borough at the time of the truck accident.

New York City Police and Fire officials told the New York Times that the truck accident occurred at the intersection of at Ashford Street and Hegeman Avenue in Brooklyn and involved a truck from Engine Company 236 and a truck from Ladder Company 107. The former fire engine was a medium-sized truck while the latter was a full-sized ladder truck weighing 70,000 pounds.

Twelve firefighters were injured in the NYC truck wreck – with two facing serious injuries from the crash. One man, a driver of one of the fire trucks, became pinned when the vehicle crashed onto its side. Witnesses described an enormously loud crash as well as large amounts of smoke. The ladder truck struck a tree and a minivan as it crashed and flipped. The other truck, which did not roll over, drove onward to the gas leak after the collision, located at 762 Warwick Street. The fire departments stands by the second driver’s decision to go on to the first emergency.

The injured firefighters were taken to Kings County Hospital Center, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center and Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. Many suffered back and neck injuries, while two suffered serious leg injuries. One of the firefighters took an estimated two hours to remove from the crash, as his leg was pinned between the truck and the tree.

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