14 hurt, including 2 firefighters, in fire truck collision, officials say
More than a dozen people were sent to the hospital on Sunday when a fire truck, a MTA bus and a car crashed near Astoria, authorities said.
A total of 14 people, including two firefighters, were taken to area hospitals with serious, but non-life threatening injuries, an FDNY spokesman said.
The crash occurred at about 12:20 p.m. by the corner of Ditmars Boulevard and 21st Street, the spokesman said.
The fire truck had been on its way to a fire at 8-01 26 Ave. at the time. The fire was eventually put out with the aid of other firefighting units dispatched to the scene, a spokesman said.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, an FDNY spokesman said Sunday night night.
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