Nov 5, 2009 2:15 pm US/Eastern
Woman In Wheelchair Struck By Truck In NYC
NEW YORK (AP) ―
A woman in a wheelchair has been struck by a New York City sanitation truck.
Fire officials say the truck hit the 78-year-old woman Thursday morning in lower Manhattan, pinning her beneath the vehicle.
Officials say the victim was rushed to a hospital with critical head injuries.
Investigators say the motorized wheelchair and the Department of Parks and Recreation sanitation truck were traveling in a bike lane.
The incident remains under investigation.
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