CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For over an hour Troy Avenue was closed to traffic this morning, thanks to an aggressive and reckless driver who tried to ‘beat’ a sanitation garbage truck, passing it and colliding forcing it to swerve and strike a city bus. the incident took place at around 11:00am on Troy Avenue between Lefferts and Empire.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
3 Vehicle Accident on Troy and Empire
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For over an hour Troy Avenue was closed to traffic this morning, thanks to an aggressive and reckless driver who tried to ‘beat’ a sanitation garbage truck, passing it and colliding forcing it to swerve and strike a city bus. the incident took place at around 11:00am on Troy Avenue between Lefferts and Empire.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
All three vehicles sat squished side to side while they waited for police to fill out an accident report and for all the agencies supervisors to respond and complete their own investigations.
There were no reported injuries.
Safe Driver
If the sanitation truck driver was thinking for a second he would have never swerved and totalled the car
Why is this the san truckk fault?
…If the stupid car driver would have thought for a second he would have waited n not put his and other lives in danger.Have you ever driven on Empire??? Every nutcase driver in town can be found on that road.
driver
It’s a normal response to swerve to avoid a moron with no patience. Let this be a lesson: never start up with something bigger than you!
df
how in the world-wen ur being crashed-do u expect him to think?!?! even 4 a sec?!?!
Rochel
To safe Driver,
Are you the idiot who was driving the car????
YOu really have to be nuts to try and beat a truck of any kind.
You are so reckless.
I hope there were no injuries!
Let’s all be more carfull, a car is a VERY strong weapon
to --safe driver--
because of people like you writing comments should be banned
Message to car driver:
always: PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE
driver
The car is not even registerd in NY