An ambulance crashed on a snow-clogged Brooklyn street last night as it tried to reach an elderly woman who had fallen in her apartment — the latest in a series of mishaps associated with the monster blizzard.
Snow Job Sabotages Ambulance
An ambulance crashed on a snow-clogged Brooklyn street last night as it tried to reach an elderly woman who had fallen in her apartment — the latest in a series of mishaps associated with the monster blizzard.
The EMS vehicle skidded out of control at about 7 p.m. on Lenox Road in East Flatbush — which was still caked with snow some five days after Sunday’s storm — careening into a parked Nissan Altima.
“We were coming on this block to answer a call, when we skidded into [the] car,” said the ambulance driver. “The road is so slippery we just ran into the wheel of the Altima.”
The collision, near Bedford Avenue — a short distance from Kings County Hospital — left the car damaged, and the ambulance stuck until cops could assess the situation. The woman, who injured her arm, had to wait for a second ambulance to come and take her to a hospital for treatment.
That ambulance parked on Bedford and medics trudged to her house on foot to avoid the icy road, the driver said.
The crash came just hours after a grinning Mayor Bloomberg hailed Sanitation boss John Doherty for the job he did cleaning up after the storm.
Residents of the block said they have not seen a single plow pass down the street.
“Bloomberg said at 7 a.m. [Thursday] all the streets are supposed to be cleared,” said Dion Louis, 30. “I’m looking at a complete sheet of ice.”
The Sanitation Department said it was looking into the matter.
Not Impressed
So when do elections come up?
lloyd a cohen
So what– it will be a different person or maybe the ame one and the same old stuff. What would the mayor do if the city really got some snow as they do in parts of the country.