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Truck Jumps Curb In Harlem, Hits Crowd, Kills One Woman
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John Del Signore
Published Jun 2, 2011
Modified Jun 2, 2011
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Published Jun 2, 2011
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There was a bad accident during lunch hour in Harlem today. The FDNY tells us that paramedics were called to West 145 Street and Powell Boulevard at 12:11 p.m. after a collision sent a pickup truck hurtling onto the sidewalk and into a crowd of pedestrians. At least six people were rushed to the hospital. We're told one of the victims was a 70-year-old woman, who went into traumatic arrest and was pronounced dead on arrival. The other five are hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
The NYPD press office had no information to provide at this time regarding arrests, but we'll update as we know more. (CBS 2 reports that the truck collided with a livery cab before jumping the curb.) On the heels of the accident, Paul Steely White, the Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, issued a statement saying, "This horrifying crash underscores the deadly conditions prevailing on New York’s streets. Over 70,000 New Yorkers are injured by cars every year and hundreds more are killed. More people are actually killed by traffic in this city than are murdered by guns. It's time to put pedestrians first and bring those numbers down to zero."
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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