Crime & Safety
1 Dead, 4 Injured In Midtown Manhattan Hazmat Incident: Report
Police said that two of the victims are NYPD officers and another is an emergency responder, according to FOX5.
NEW YORK CITY, NY — One person is dead and four are injured following a hazmat incident in midtown Manhattan Sunday, according to FOX5.
Police found a 35-year-old woman unresponsive in the back of a car on the corner of East 56th Street and Sutton Place after receiving a call from a woman who was walking her dog Sunday morning, AMNY reported.
Two NYPD officers opened the car door and were hit with "a powerful odor" that made the closed-off block smell like sulphur, the outlet reported.
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The two officers and an emergency responder were among the injured, according to the outlet.
Patch reached out to the NYPD and FDNY for comment.
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