UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan — A person was hospitalized Wednesday morning after a pickup truck crashed into a building on Manhattan’s east side, officials said.
The FDNY said a call came in around 6:20 a.m. reporting a vehicle had slammed into a building near East 62nd Street and York Avenue.
Video from the Citizen App showed a pickup truck that appeared to have crashed into a part of the building attached to an overhang where the main entrance would be.
Security video from a neighboring building obtained by PIX11 News appears to show the seemingly out of control truck speed through an intersection against the light, just barely missing other vehicles.
#UPDATE: Security video shows the truck speeding through a busy intersection against the light, just barely missing other vehicles, before crashing into a Manhattan buildinghttps://t.co/cU1HblR3LD pic.twitter.com/8pWa3mqA2s
— PIX11 News (@PIX11News) October 13, 2021
One person was taken by EMS to an area hospital, authorities said. It was not clear if the person hospitalized was the driver or a pedestrian.
The extent of the victim’s injuries was not known Wednesday.
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