Four People Injured During BQE Crash, FDNY Says

WILLIAMSBURG, NY — Four people were injured after a crash on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The collision caused delays on the highway from Metropolitan Avenue towards Staten Island during the rush hour commute, according to the city.

The crash happened around 1:28 p.m. on the highway near Kane Street, a spokesman for the FDNY said. The city closed all traffic from the Atlantic Avenue-exit around 2 p.m. then extended to Metropolitan Avenue at around 4 p.m., according to Notify NYC. The closure was lifted about a half-hour later.

Due to FDNY activity, all lanes of the Staten Island-bound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway are closed at Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn. Consider alternate routes. Multilingual & ASL link: https://t.co/GpdlTK7FPB.
— NYCEM - Notify NYC (@NotifyNYC) December 26, 2017

Two people involved in the crash were taken by the FDNY to Lutheran Medical Center, officials said. The other two patients were transported from the scene by Hatzolah.

The FDNY did not have any information on the condition of the patients.

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