Violent crash on East 86th Street flips box truck early Thursday morning
Violent crash on East 86th Street flips box truck early Thursday morning | Daniel Valls/FreedomNews.tv

Violent Crash Flips Box Truck, Blocking East 86th Street Overnight

A violent collision early Thursday morning on the Upper East Side sent a large refrigerated box truck tumbling over — flipping over a concrete bollard and onto the median of East 86th Street, injuring the truck’s driver and blocking the roadway for hours.

The flipped truck blocked East 86th Street for several hours
The flipped truck blocked East 86th Street for several hours | Daniel Valls/FreedomNews.tv

Investigators say it was around 2:00 am when the two trucks crashed at the intersection of East 86th Street and First Avenue.

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“I heard a loud bang. ” said Ryan, a neighbor who spoke to our news partners at FreedomNews.tv.

Violent crash on East 86th Street flips box truck early Thursday morning
Violent crash on East 86th Street flips box truck early Thursday morning | Daniel Valls/FreedomNews.tv

“I came out onto the fire escape [and] saw a bunch of lights flashing lights. Came out here and discovered his truck was flipped.”

The front end of the yellow Penske truck was smashed in the collision
The front end of the yellow Penske truck was smashed in the collision | Daniel Valls/FreedomNews.tv

Officers arrived to find the white box truck overturned on its side across 86th Street just east of First Avenue while a yellow Penske rental truck with a smashed front end was stopped in the intersection. 

It’s not clear how the crash unfolded, however, the overturned white box truck appeared to have damage in the middle of the vehicle on the passenger side, possibly t-boned by the driver of the yellow Penske truck as it crossed the Upper East Side intersection.

The trucks collided just before 2:00 am at the intersection of First Avenue and East 86th Street
The trucks collided just before 2:00 am at the intersection of First Avenue and East 86th Street | Daniel Valls/Freedomnews.tv

“I wouldn’t even guess it was gonna be something like that, as crazy,” Ryan said, “Honestly, I was just hoping that it wasn’t like a shooting or something.”

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The NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit could be seen using chains attached to their police trucks, unsuccessfully trying to upright the overturned vehicle, which blocked both the eastbound and westbound lanes of East 86th Street for several hours overnight, as authorities waited for a heavy duty tow truck to arrive.

The NYPD's Emergency Services Unit unsuccessfully tried to upright the truck
The NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit unsuccessfully tried to upright the truck | Daniel Valls/FreedomNews.tv

FDNY officials tell Upper East Site that two people were transported to Weill Cornell Medical Center for care — police say one of those hurt was the driver of the white refrigerated truck, who suffered minor injuries in the crash.

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