Speeding Car Collides With DOT Truck In Murray Hill

MURRAY HILL, NY – A sedan speeding on Third Avenue got into a nasty accident with a Department of Transportation truck, injuring several people early Wednesday in Murray Hill, police said.

The Honda Civic blew at least one red light while driving north toward 34th Street, where a city truck passing under a green light hit the sedan, cops said. The Civic and a nearby parked taxi were sent hurtling 300 feet, according to the NYPD.
The driver of the sedan was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he went into cardiac arrest and was revived, the Daily News reported.

A passenger in the Civic and the drivers of the truck and the cab were treated for minor injuries at NYU Medical Center and released, cops said.
Authorities added that investigators would determine the speed the Civic was driving at the time of the crash.
“[The] Honda was going at least a hundred miles an hour — running red lights, going uptown on Third — when he got to the corner of 34th, the truck had the green light and just ran right into the Honda,” a witness told the New York Post.

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