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1 Injured In UES Car Crash: FDNY

A car flipped over, and one person was injured in an early morning car crash on Thursday on the Upper East Side.

(David Allen/Patch)

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — One person was injured in a car crash on the Upper East Side early Thursday morning, the New York City Fire Department told Patch.

According to the FDNY, a crash on FDR Drive at East 96th Street at 5:51 a.m. flipped one car Thursday.

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FDNY medics arrived at the scene and took one person to NY-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, officials said.

Videos on the Citizen app show backed-up traffic on the FDR, down to at least 78th Street, as ambulances and a tow truck clear the crash site.

This is a developing story and may be updated. For questions, email Miranda.Levingston@Patch.com.

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