NEW YORK -- A New York Metropolis police cruiser struck and killed a 52-year-old girl in a multivehicle accident whereas responding to an emergency name, police mentioned.The crash occurred at about 8:30 p.m. Friday within the Far Rockaway part of Queens.Officers mentioned the police SUV had its emergency lights on and was about to move …
NEW YORK — A New York Metropolis police cruiser struck and killed a 52-year-old girl in a multivehicle accident whereas responding to an emergency name, police mentioned.
The crash occurred at about 8:30 p.m. Friday within the Far Rockaway part of Queens.
Officers mentioned the police SUV had its emergency lights on and was about to move a automobile on the left when the automobile turned in entrance of the cruiser. The cruiser hit the automobile. The drive of the collision despatched the cruiser towards a sidewalk, the place it hit a pedestrian who was standing in a motorbike lane simply off the nook, police mentioned. The cruiser then hit an unoccupied automobile.
The girl, whose title was withheld pending household notification, was pronounced lifeless at a hospital. 4 officers within the SUV have been taken to a hospital with minor accidents, police mentioned. The driving force of the automobile that turned in entrance of the cruiser was not damage.
Police mentioned the cruiser was responding to an emergency name by one other officer who requested assist.
Authorities mentioned Saturday that they they have been nonetheless investigating the accident.
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