A fire engine involved in a fatal collision with a van ran a red light, violating state law while on an emergency run, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
The accident happened at around noon Wednesday at the intersection of Richmond Road and Burgher Avenue in Dongan Hills.
The FDNY truck from Ladder 81 was heading to a car fire on the Staten Island Expressway, with its siren on moments before the crash.
The van then made a left from Burgher onto Richmond, witness Ali Alsaede said. The fire truck then crashed into the van’s rear driver door.
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As a parent of an adult with intellectual disabilities, I say it's a 2 way street when it comes to safe driving. How in the world did the van driver not hear the siren or see the lights flashing? Betcha a million bucks the van driver was listening to loud radio music. This is a common practice among drivers for those with intellectual disabilities and those drivers are not monitored by anyone while they're on the road. It's time to disable those car radios and it should be a state law! The fire truck drivers did their job by alerting the other drivers.
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