FDNY Trucks Crash, Injuring Firefighters and 1 Other

Eleven New York City firefighters were taken to hospitals and one other person was injured after two fire trucks collided while responding to a call in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, officials tell NBC News.

The firefighters were transported to hospitals as a precaution after the fire engine and ladder truck collided just before 10 p.m. in Crown Heights. Any injury was minor, according to a spokesman for Fire Department of the City of New York, Firefighter Michael Parrella.

The civilian who was injured was thought to have been a pedestrian with injuries listed as minor, the New York City Police Department said.

An investigation is ongoing.

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