Surveillance video obtained by NY1 shows the moment a Ryder box truck plows into a parked van in Midtown on Monday.
“It was fast because he jumped up and blocked me,” Anitra Elice, a witness, said.
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Surveillance video obtained by NY1 shows the moment a Ryder box truck plows into a parked van in Midtown on Monday
According to officials, 10 people were hurt in total — eight pedestrians, along with the driver and passenger inside the truck
Police say one victim was pinned during the impact
She was just feet away from the crash on Eighth Avenue around 4 p.m. as pedestrians scrambled to get out of the way.
According to officials, 10 people were hurt in total — eight pedestrians, along with the driver and passenger inside the truck.
“Only one person was pushed up against the wall. But it was like mad people [who] were still hurt,” Elice said.
Police say one victim was pinned during the impact.
Moments later, EMTs rushed to the scene, escorting several of the injured to nearby hospitals.
The mangled metal shows how forceful the collision was.
Debris scattered across the avenue as investigators shut down several blocks to piece together what happened.
“I [heard] a loud bang, and I came outside,” Charlene Hunter, who works nearby, said. “Boom!”
For those nearby, the sound alone was enough to stop them in their tracks.
“We called the ambulance. They got here in a good amount of time,” Hunter said.
A spokesperson for Ryder tells NY1 the truck was leased to a third-party business — noting the company rents and leases commercial vehicles that often display the Ryder logo.
By the time the dust settled, witnesses said they were just grateful the outcome wasn’t worse.
“Everybody is blessed. Everybody is alive, so that’s the best thing about it,” Elice said.
According to officials, an investigation is ongoing, and no criminality is suspected.