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At 4:20am one of the 3 Crown Heights Ambulances (CH3) went out on a call and was headed down Albany Ave. with lights and sirens all on and blaring. When arriving at the intersection of Albany Ave. & Empire Blvd. a Volvo coming from Kingston Ave. being 'piloted' by young black male with a young black male passenger at speeds in excess of 70MPH, ran a solid red light and got hit in the front corner with such force that the car spun around striking the Ambulances side with the rear end of the car.

The Ambulance is equipped with a heavy duty front bumper that can withstand extremely heavy impact, and therefore sustained no damage to the front, but the side of the Ambulance, where the rear end of the car hit it, got smashed in. The driver of the Ambulance, who was wearing his seatbelt didn’t sustain any injuries, then got out of the Ambulance to go and help the people in the car.

The 2 occupants of the car who were obviously at fault and knowing so got out of the car and ran, leaving behind the wreckage. It took police 10 minutes to arrive at the scene of the accident.

More picutures in the Extended Article.

Hatzalah Ambulance In An Accident

At 4:20am one of the 3 Crown Heights Ambulances (CH3) went out on a call and was headed down Albany Ave. with lights and sirens all on and blaring. When arriving at the intersection of Albany Ave. & Empire Blvd. a Volvo coming from Kingston Ave. being ‘piloted’ by young black male with a young black male passenger at speeds in excess of 70MPH, ran a solid red light and got hit in the front corner with such force that the car spun around striking the Ambulances side with the rear end of the car.

The Ambulance is equipped with a heavy duty front bumper that can withstand extremely heavy impact, and therefore sustained no damage to the front, but the side of the Ambulance, where the rear end of the car hit it, got smashed in. The driver of the Ambulance, who was wearing his seatbelt didn’t sustain any injuries, then got out of the Ambulance to go and help the people in the car.

The 2 occupants of the car who were obviously at fault and knowing so got out of the car and ran, leaving behind the wreckage. It took police 10 minutes to arrive at the scene of the accident.

More picutures in the Extended Article.

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20 Comments

  • sleeping beauty

    my question to the maker of crownheights .info is how do you get pics of things that happen in middle of the night.. i donnt know about you but im sleeping like a baby…so kudos to you

  • THESE COPS ARE SOMETHING ELSE

    OH NOW IT TAKES 10 MINUTES TO GIVE A TICKET THEY ARE THERE IN 30 SECONDS

  • david

    do you ever sleep how do you get all these pictures from in middle of the night

  • Annoyed

    10 Minutes to arrive at the scene? Sounds like they had to finish eating their Purim Donuts

  • Not from around here...

    So was the car stolen ? Were these two out joyriding?
    probably why they ran !!

  • anonymous

    These hard working cops just finished a hard working day, of excruciating labor in writing tickets!!!
    It is only natural for them to want to take a break and not be able to arrive right away.

  • Thankful

    Thank G-d our dear Hatzalah volunteer was not hurt.

    The Hatzalah chevra literally put their lives in danger to save ours.

    G-d should continue protecting them from harm and allow them to sleep through the night!

    Why doesn’t the Vaad Hakahal throw a party to thank the Hatzalah chevra?

  • informed

    To Ear:

    If you read the article, and I quote: "with lights and sirens all on and blaring.", you woulndn’t have asked that question.

    To Webby:
    Great Pics, and good timing, B"H no one was injured, thanks for being there to keep us informed.

  • phone ticket

    i was wondering if anybody knows, being that i just got a ticket for being on the phone in ch and the cop only gave me his copy of the ticket instead of mine.i have no way to plead guilty or not. how do i go about it now?

  • anonymous 3

    i dont get what you guys are all complaining about.

    there was an accident without injuries etc. and it only took the cops 10 minutes to get there.
    thats pretty good timing

  • DUUUU

    To EAR:

    The lights and sirens were on but that makes no difference. The Ambulance had a GREEN light!

  • informed

    to phone ticket:

    I would speak to a lawyer, you probably will be able to have it dismissed.
    Being that the cop gave you his copy, it might mean that he now has no "original copy" to file and therefore there might be no real case against you on file. However check it out with a lawyer first to see what’s the best way to go about dealing with it.

  • sense

    to anonymous 3:

    if you were in the car chas vshalom, i am not so sure
    you would say "good timing" to a cop who shows up 10 minutes after, let say, you broke a few ribs??…….next time think, then write………..tip for life:)

  • Yoel Berkovits

    To phone ticket
    You should find out if there is a web sight that you could look at if there is a ticket on your name and you could do that thru calling 311 before you spend money on a lawer.
    Yoeli from Boro park