"The fire truck, with its lights and sirens on, was headed east on Avenue S when it was struck by the driver of a commercial Ford van heading north on W. 11th St. around 6:45 p.m., cops said. That collision sent the fire truck careening into the westbound lane, where it smashed head-on into the Access-A-Ride bus, which then slammed into the Lexus SUV stopped behind it, the dramatic footage shows."
"(He and his wife) went to a doctor's appointment and they were on their way home. (Their daughter) said, 'I was telling my mother I was in the kitchen cooking and she says, "I'll be home, we're at West 10th, we're making the turn. I'll be home any minute."'"
"Imagine being on the phone with your mother and then all of the sudden you hear [the impact]? And it was loud. If you were anywhere in the area and you were outside, you had to hear it. We're not talking about a little tap. Cars were smashed."
Placido Dandrea, 78, was killed in a multi-vehicle collision in Gravesend, Brooklyn on Tuesday evening. Dandrea and his wife were returning home from a doctor's appointment when a commercial Ford van struck an FDNY fire truck at the intersection of W. 11th Street and Avenue S around 6:45 p.m. The impact sent the fire truck into the westbound lane, where it collided head-on with the Access-A-Ride bus carrying Dandrea, which then struck a Lexus SUV behind it. Dandrea's daughter was on the phone with her mother when the crash occurred and witnessed paramedics attempting to revive her father. He was transported to South Brooklyn Health in critical condition but could not be saved.
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