Crime & Safety
Upper East Side Crash: 3 Injured, 2 Critically, In Collision On Madison Avenue, FDNY Says
Three people were sent to New York Presbyterian hospital, two in critical condition, when an SUV crashed on an Upper East Side corner.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Three people were hospitalized, two with critical injuries, after a car crashed on a prestigious Upper East Side street corner, an FDNY spokesman told Patch.
Firefighters responded to the corner of Madison Avenue and East 64th Street shortly after 4:45 p.m. after a car smashed into a business on the street corner, an FDNY spokesman said. An employee of a luxury watch boutique on Madison Avenue, who did not give her name, told Patch that an SUV crashed into the Vacheron Constantin store.
Update: The SUV driver has been arrested and will face criminal charges.
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The FDNY spokesman could not confirm whether the injured were pedestrians or passengers of the crashed vehicle. (For updates on this story and more Upper East Side news sign up for Patch's free daily newsletters and real-time news alerts.)
The area near the crash is home to pricey fashion boutiques such as Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Giorgio Armani.
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