By Colin Mixson, Kerry Burke
New York Daily News
NEW YORK 鈥� A 78-year-old man was killed and 11 people were injured, including five firefighters, after an FDNY fire truck responding to an emergency collided with a van, causing a wild chain-reaction crash involving two other vehicles in Brooklyn on Tuesday, according to law enforcement officials.
The fire truck was heading east on Avenue S with its lights on when it was struck by the driver of a commercial van heading north on W. 11th St. in Gravesend around 6:45 p.m., cops said.
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The collision sent the fire truck careening into an Access-a-Ride bus, which in turn slammed into a Lexus SUV, police said.
A law enforcement source said the FDNY vehicle was Ladder 149, which struck a van belonging to Frontier HVAC, a heating company located in Bensonhurst, after the driver failed to yield to the fire truck.
Michael Liu, the owner of Frontier HVAC, confirmed that his driver was injured and his vehicle destroyed in the crash, saying the front half of the van was ripped off when the fire truck slammed into it.
鈥淢y driver is in the hospital,鈥� said Liu, who spoke to his driver following the collision. 鈥淢y van had a green light and the firefighter鈥檚 had a red. The firefighter鈥檚 truck was going very fast.鈥�
A 78-year-old passenger in the was rushed to South Brooklyn Health in critical condition, but he could not be saved, cops said.
Three other Access-a-Ride passengers and their driver were taken to in stable condition, said police.
The van driver was taken to NYU and the Lexus driver was taken to an area hospital, both in stable condition.
Five firefighters were taken to an area hospital in stable condition, cops said.
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