Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Biker crashes into fire truck in Williamsburg
A motorcyclist was seriously injured last night when he stopped abruptly, flew off his bike and slid underneath a fire truck answering an alarm in Brooklyn, fire officials said.
The incident occurred about 8:50 p.m. as a truck from Engine Co. 221 was rushing to a reported fire at a synagogue in the Williamsburg section, Deputy Fire Chief Michael Marrone said.
The cyclist stopped suddenly to make way for the fire engine and landed under the truck, which was turning onto Broadway from Driggs Avenue. He was dragged about 20 feet, Marrone said.
The man, who was caught under the middle section of the truck, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center, where he was admitted in serious condition with leg injuries, Marrone said.
Julia Altaminarino, 51, said she saw firefighters pulling the injured man from under the truck from her third-floor window."When I heard the sirens I came to look out the window, and I saw the man under the truck," she said. "I thought he was dead. But then he raised his arms up to his neck. I said, 'Oh, thank God, he's alive,'" she said.
Felix Kortrigst, 46, a Fresh Direct driver who was delivering groceries, said he heard the victim screaming in Spanish for help.
You could hear him say 'help,'" Kortrigst said. "I am just praying for the guy because I am sure he's not in one piece."
Marrone said the truck was responding to a fire in a synagogueon Hooper Street. He said the fire, which turned out to be burning rubbish, was under investigation.
Pete Bowles is a staff writer. Marlene Peralta is a freelance writer.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usboy22q4314685jun22,0,6489371.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines
A motorcyclist was seriously injured last night when he stopped abruptly, flew off his bike and slid underneath a fire truck answering an alarm in Brooklyn, fire officials said.
The incident occurred about 8:50 p.m. as a truck from Engine Co. 221 was rushing to a reported fire at a synagogue in the Williamsburg section, Deputy Fire Chief Michael Marrone said.
The cyclist stopped suddenly to make way for the fire engine and landed under the truck, which was turning onto Broadway from Driggs Avenue. He was dragged about 20 feet, Marrone said.
The man, who was caught under the middle section of the truck, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center, where he was admitted in serious condition with leg injuries, Marrone said.
Julia Altaminarino, 51, said she saw firefighters pulling the injured man from under the truck from her third-floor window."When I heard the sirens I came to look out the window, and I saw the man under the truck," she said. "I thought he was dead. But then he raised his arms up to his neck. I said, 'Oh, thank God, he's alive,'" she said.
Felix Kortrigst, 46, a Fresh Direct driver who was delivering groceries, said he heard the victim screaming in Spanish for help.
You could hear him say 'help,'" Kortrigst said. "I am just praying for the guy because I am sure he's not in one piece."
Marrone said the truck was responding to a fire in a synagogueon Hooper Street. He said the fire, which turned out to be burning rubbish, was under investigation.
Pete Bowles is a staff writer. Marlene Peralta is a freelance writer.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usboy22q4314685jun22,0,6489371.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines
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