Man's leg crushed between truck and van in Upper East Side crash Tuesday morning | Upper East Site
Man's leg crushed between truck and van in Upper East Side crash Tuesday morning | Upper East Site

Man’s Leg Crushed Between Truck & Van in Violent UES Crash

A man was badly injured Tuesday morning, but appeared alert and likely to survive a violent collision in an Upper East Side intersection that unfolded when he opened the passenger door to his van and stepped out, then was struck by a passing box truck — crushing his leg between the vehicles, officials said at the scene.

The victim's leg was broken between the truck and his van after stepping out | Upper East Site
The victim’s leg was crushed between the truck and his van after stepping out | Upper East Site

Blood was seen covering the victim’s right hand, while witnesses told Upper East Site the man was seen clutching his leg, writhing from the pain and wailing in agony.

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“He should not have gotten out on that side,” said a stunned Upper East Side resident who heard the man’s screams from her apartment inside the high rise building located at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and East 66th Street, where the crash occurred around 10:35 am. 

The collision happened around 10:35 am at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and East 66th Street | Upper East Site
The collision happened around 10:35 am at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and East 66th Street | Upper East Site

FDNY firefighters and paramedics put a neck brace on the man and stabilized him on a backboard, then carefully hoisted him onto a gurney and moved him into a waiting ambulance, which rushed him to Weill Cornell Medical Center with what were reported to be multiple traumatic injuries.

The victim was reported to have multiple traumatic injuries, officials say | Upper East Site
The victim was reported to have multiple traumatic injuries, officials say | Upper East Site

The driver of the box truck, who stayed on the scene, told Upper East Site he saw the victim’s door opening and honked to alert the man, but could not stop his truck in time.

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“I blew the horn twice,” the truck driver told us, still visibly shaken up himself.

The victim was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center on the UES | Upper East Site
The victim was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center on the UES | Upper East Site

The door to the victim’s work van was twisted forward, like aluminum foil, bent in the wrong direction from the sheer force of the truck, which had been traveling southbound. Firefighters struggled to get the van’s door closed again.

Firefighters had difficulty closing the van's mangled door | Upper East Site
Firefighters had difficulty closing the van’s mangled door | Upper East Site

The NYPD did not immediately have any further information, while attempts by Upper East Site to reach the company listed on the side of the victim’s van were unsuccessful. 

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