A 75-year-old antheral died and much than a half-dozen people, including a 9-year-old girl, were hospitalized, following a aggregate car crash that near 1 conveyance connected its broadside astatine the ft of the Kosciuszko Bridge successful Brooklyn Thursday, constabulary said.
The clang happened connected the Brooklyn broadside of the rainswept Brooklyn-Queens Expressway adjacent Exit 34 astatine Meeker and Morgan Aves. successful Greenpoint astir 10:50 a.m., cops said. The Kosciuszko Bridge spans Newtown Creek betwixt Brooklyn and Queens.
The vehicles progressive included a pickup truck, a greenish New York City “boro taxi,” an SUV and a sedan.
Eight radical from the four-car pileup, including the 75-year-old antheral and 9-year-old child, were rushed to Elmhurst Hospital for exigency care.
The 75-year-old died astatine the hospital. His sanction was not instantly disclosed. The miss was listed successful unchangeable condition.
Video connected the Citizen app shows astir of the vehicles connected the far-right lane and enarthrosis of the highway. One of them, the sedan, overturned and landed connected its rider side, the video shows.
Multiple lanes were unopen down, backing up postulation successful some Brooklyn and Queens, arsenic members of the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad were moving to find however the mishap happened, officials said.