"A 55-year-old man driving a white work van was traveling eastbound on Fillmore Avenue on the rainy morning when he collided with another vehicle. The chain-reaction crash sent the large van and driver hurtling through bushes and into the Andrew Torregrossa & Sons Funeral Home, located at 2265 Flatbush Ave."
"The impact was so great that the truck smashed through the building's brick exterior, leading the front of the vehicle - which was filled with motorized equipment - lodged in the wall. Plants and metal fencing were left twisted between the brick and the vehicle; debris was also strewn across the ground."
"Officers from the 63rd Precinct, firefighters and EMS all responded to the scene, and worked together to remove the van driver and his passenger from the wreckage. The driver was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition."
On March 16 at approximately 8:40 a.m., a 55-year-old man driving a white work van collided with another vehicle on rainy Fillmore Avenue in Brooklyn's Old Mill Basin neighborhood. The impact sent the van careening through bushes and into the Andrew Torregrossa & Sons Funeral Home at 2265 Flatbush Avenue, smashing through the building's brick exterior. The vehicle, filled with motorized equipment, became lodged in the wall with debris scattered across the ground. Emergency responders from the 63rd Precinct, firefighters, and EMS extracted the van driver and passenger from the wreckage. The driver was hospitalized in stable condition, while the passenger and the other vehicle's driver declined medical attention. No injuries occurred inside the funeral home, which has operated since 1929. The collision's exact cause remains under investigation.
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