STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Dongan Hills multi-car collision involving an NYPD vehicle Saturday evening sent nine people to an area hospital, including two injured officers, according to a spokesperson for the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner for Public Information.
The incident occurred at 7:20 p.m. on Richmond Road, near Hunton Avenue. A police car went ablaze as a result of the crash and had to be extinguished by emergency responders. The badly damaged vehicle was surrounded by shattered glass.
Earlier in the evening, a spokesperson described the officers’ injuries as minor; a source on the scene indicated that one officer had a broken arm. The officers and six civilians were sent to Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH), Ocean Breeze, in stable condition the NYPD said.
Four of the six injured civilians were children, ages 14, 11, 8 and 6. The others were the 34-year-old driver of a second car involved in the crash and an additional 36-year-old passenger.
A ninth person, a pedestrian, was also taken to SIUH for evaluation.
At 11:30 p.m., an NYPD spokesman gave an updated account of the crash. According to the spokesman, a black Ford and the police vehicle collided, and the police vehicle then hit an unoccupied white Toyota SUV.
The initial collision was in close proximity to the pedestrian who was transported to the hospital.
Both the black Ford and the white Toyota were badly damaged at the scene; the Ford had a child’s car seat visible in the backseat. A child’s shoe was left on the roadway.
A large police presence was visible following the incident at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze.
The NYPD spokesperson did not immediately have information on what led up to the crash, although sources at the scene said there had been an NYPD car chase and emergency transmissions indicated police were searching for a car tied to the crash on Saturday night.
Police said the investigation is ongoing.
At the scene, Richmond Road was closed off to vehicular traffic…
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