Crime & Safety
Car Plows Through Playground Fence In Brooklyn, Injuring Four: Police Say
The driver allegedly fled the scene after the crash.
GREENPOINT— A multi-vehicle crash near a Greenpoint playground injured four people Sunday morning after a car plowed through a fence and came to rest on a damaged concrete barrier.
The crash happened just after 9 a.m. near Sgt. William Dougherty Playground, at the intersection of Vandervoort Avenue and Anthony Street in Brooklyn.
Footage from the Citizen app showed a white Mercedes-Benz sedan perched on the partially crumbled barrier.
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Emergency medical workers took two people to Woodhull Hospital and treated two others at the scene, according to the Fire Department of New York.
A police complaint report describes a chain of collisions involving three complainants and a driver identified as the alleged perpetrator.
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The report states a complainant had left a club with a friend and his girlfriend before the collision.
He told police he had not realized the other driver was following him.
The reporting complainant told police the driver struck his vehicle, forcing it off the road and into two other vehicles.
The driver allegedly fled the scene after the crash, according to the report.
The reporting complainant suffered a minor leg injury.
Two other victims, a 42-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman, were listed in the report.
The circumstances leading to the collision remain unclear. No arrests have been made.
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