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COURIER LIFE, DECEMBER 25-31, 2020 17
Six injured after
FDNY truck smashes
into Gravesend store
A Fire Department truck smashed through the Coquette Kids
store in Gravesend on Dec. 20. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Six people — including
fi ve fi refi ghters —
suffered injuries after
a speeding fi retruck
slammed through a Gravesend
storefront late
Suday, Dec. 20.
Fire Department
sources said the rig from
Engine Company 254
was en route to a fi re on
Bay Parkway in Bath
Beach at about 11:29 pm
on Dec. 20 when it suddenly
careened into Coquette
Kids clothing boutique
at 437 Avenue U, at
East 4th Street.
The truck obliterated
the fi rst-fl oor storefront,
creating a gaping hole in
the building. Five residents
living above the
shop were evacuated as a
precaution.
The injured fi refi ghters
on board the Engine
254 truck were brought
to NYU Langone Hospital
Brooklyn, while one
civilian on the ground
was taken to Maimonides
Medical Center. All suffered
injuries not considered
life-threatening.
The investigation is
ongoing, sources said.
Man dies after rearending
Sanitation
truck in Canarsie
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
A Brooklyn man died
the morning of Dec. 20
after crashing his car
into the rear of a Sanitation
Department garbage
truck, police reported.
The crash happened at
about 3:46 am near East
88th Street and Flatlands
Avenue in Canarsie
According to authorities,
Kenneth Pamphile,
32, of Ralph Avenue in
Flatlands was traveling
westbound along Flatlands
Avenue inside his
2002 Nissan Altima when
he rear-ended the garbage
truck, which was
stationary at the time.
Two workers manned
the garbage truck at the
time of the crash, police
said, with one worker
sitting in the cab and the
other standing near it
on the street. Police said
both were uninjured.
Offi cers from the 69th
Precinct and EMS units
responded to a 911 call
about the collision. Upon
arriving at the scene, they
found Pamphile trapped
inside the vehicle, unconscious
and unresponsive.
Responding Fire Department
units extricated
the man from the
wrecked sedan. Paramedics
rushed Pamphile
to Brookdale University
Hospital, where he was
pronounced dead a short
time later.
The case is being examined
by the NYPD
Collision Investigation
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