NEW YORK CITY — The elite firefighters of Rescue 1 were forced to tend to two of their own after a taxi slammed into their rig on the Upper West Side.
Eyewitness News has learned the horrific accident occurred shortly after the Rescue 1 rig double-parked along Columbus Avenue near West 71st Street as its crew picked up dinner about 10:30 p.m. The impact threw one of the firefighters to the sidewalk and jammed the other between the cab and the fire truck, seriously injuring both men.
The 37-year-old pinned firefighter was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was in critical condition early this morning. His 41-year-old colleague suffered two crushed legs and was taken to New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell.
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