7 Injured In Brooklyn Fire Truck Crash

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Seven people including six firefighters were hospitalized after a crash in Brooklyn late Sunday night.

Police say a fire engine was responding to a fire in the area when it hit a car and then crashed into a vacant commercial building.

It happened at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday near Avenue U and East 4th Street in the Gravesend section.

The six firefighters and the driver of the car were taken to Lutheran Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

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