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This Sunday afternoon there was a spectacular car accident in downtown Manhattan, when an ATV inexplicably collided with another, resulting in one person being injured.
However, the most unfortunate thing about the incident is that When elements of the fire department arrived to try to help the victims of the mishap, Ryan Warnock, one of its members was seriously injured.
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Apparently the crash occurred around 3:00 p.m., after a black BMW X5 collided with a white Volvo 360 T8, where a couple was traveling.
Once the elements of the Fire Department of the City of New York arrived at the site, they immediately took on the task of removing a person who was traveling in the passenger seat from inside the Volvo, because The BMW truck was literally mounted on his head with two of its wheels touching the ground and in danger of tipping over.
Thus, One of the firefighters’ maneuvers consisted of preventing the truck from tipping over to one side, for which it was necessary to point it with a couple of beams. However, the weight of the unit eventually gave out and it fell on the leg of a firefighter.
A video circulating on social networks reveals that the incident occurred at 3:19 p.m. on West 42nd Street and 11th Avenue. However, the moment when the truck overturned to its right side is not appreciated, destroying the femur of the person who was trying to keep it stable.
About, Laura Kavanagh, acting fire commissioner, issued a statement describing the reason that caused one of its members to have an accident.
“While the members of Rescue 1 tried to prop up and stabilize the car at the top and remove the occupants from inside, the driver of one of the vehicles stepped on the accelerator causing a car to fall and firefighter Ryan Warnock to be pinned to the bottom.
The firefighter was released and transferred to Bellevue, where he is in serious but stable condition, being treated for injuries to his leg, “says part of the document.
For his part, Matthew Wahn, one of the people who were affected by the vehicle crash, mentioned that, along with his wife, they were going to a dinner at the time they were collided.
“We felt a huge car hit us from behind: it went into the side of our car. After, The firefighter tried to get into his car, but his weight caused the truck to overturn and his leg was badly injured, so he was taken away. While the man and his son were still inside the truck,” Wahn, 62, said.
A New York police officer said the unidentified driver of the BMW had likely stepped on the accelerator as first responders worked to rescue him.
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