NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Five NYPD officers were injured when their vehicle was rear-ended on Staten Island on Sunday morning by a driver who may have been drunk, police and sources said.
The officers were putting up barriers near Livermore and Forest avenues in the Elm Park neighborhood ahead of a Memorial Day parade on Monday, according to police.
Several of the officers were inside the NYPD vehicle and at least one was outside when a pickup truck rear-ended it, police said.
Citizen App video shows emergency responders near a large NYPD truck loaded with barriers around 10 a.m.
Four of the officers were taken to Richmond University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The fifth officer refused medical attention.
The driver, a 39-year-old man, remained at the scene and was arrested, police said.
Sources told 1010 WINS that the driver may have been drunk. He is awaiting charges.
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