ICYMI: Two Seriously Injured In Crash That Wrecked Upper West Side Subway Entrance

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Two people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries after two vehicles collided in an Upper West Side intersection Wednesday morning, an FDNY spokeswoman told Patch. The crash left a nearby subway entrance wrecked and bits of railing scattered in the street, a witness told Patch.

The collision occurred shortly after 6 a.m in the intersection of West 66th Street and Broadway, an NYPD spokesman said. A tractor-trailer crashed into another vehicle, causing the car to crash into a railing on the sidewalk, police told Patch.

The "railing" ended up being the 66th Street-Lincoln Center 1 train entrance, according to a photo sent to Patch by a tipster who wished to remain anonymous. The photo shows a red SUV with heavy damage to its passenger side. The subway entrance railing was strewn about the street due to the impact of the crash, according to the tipster.

Crews were at the subway entrance constructing a temporary replacement Wednesday afternoon.

The NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was not called in to investigate the crash, an NYPD spokesman said.

Officials could not confirm whether the two people injured were in vehicles or on the street at the time of the crash.

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The second car involved in the collision was an SUV, which was sent crashing into a subway entrance, witnesses told DNAinfo. The subway entrance railing was destroyed during the crash, DNAinfo reported.

The driver of the tractor-trailer told DNAinfo that the SUV driver ran a red light.

"I had a green light. The guy ran through a red," the 69-year-old driver told DNAinfo anonymously. "I made the last light and was doing 25 mph. He came right under me. I never had a chance."

Photo sent to Patch by anonymous tipster