NYPD officer injures leg in scooter crash
Aug 16th, 2006 | by Neil Barton | Posted in scooters | Comments Off
From the Staten Island Advance (NYC): A police officer from the North Shore’s 120th Precinct suffered a leg injury when he fell off his scooter yesterday morning during a minor accident near the St. George Ferry Terminal, police said.
The officer, said to be in his 40s, was traveling on Bay Street toward the ferry terminal shortly before 7:30 a.m. when his scooter skidded on the wet and oily pavement, hitting the rear of a sedan stopped for a red light at Bay Street and Richmond Terrace, according to police sources.
Police said they didn’t know how fast the scooter was going.
An officer responding to the scene suffered a laceration of the forehead, police said; it was unclear how the second officer was injured.
Both officers were listed in stable condition at St. Vincent’s Hospital, West Brighton, according to police sources and a hospital spokeswoman.
The extent of damage to the red Pontiac Grand Prix with which the officer collided was not known.
A rainstorm had slicked Staten Island roadways just in time for the morning commute.
