A site visitors gentle pole got here tumbling down onto a number of folks in Manhattan on Saturday mere hours earlier than storms introduced heavy rain and wind to the metro space.
The pole fell on the nook of Central Park West and West 81st Avenue shortly earlier than 11 a.m.
In accordance with hearth division officers, 4 folks have been injured and transported by medics to Mount Sinai Morningside, a hospital about 20 blocks north of the crash web site.
Video from the scene confirmed a pair lanes of site visitors impacted by the downed pole and wires stretched throughout the street. Crews could possibly be seen working to restore the injury of clear the street.
It wasn’t instantly clear what introduced down the pole or the extent of everybody’s accidents.
