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NYPD Officer Struck, Seriously Injured by Forklift; Roads Reopened After Hospital Transport

5th Ave & E 76th St, Upper East Side, Manhattan

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Summary

  • A police officer was injured after being run over by a forklift on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, resulting in a broken leg and other serious injuries.
  • Medics were requested on a rush.
  • Units closed 5th Avenue and nearby streets so EMS can quickly transport the injured officer to a local hospital.
  • User video shows barricades lining 5th Avenue, indicating the officers may have been setting up for an event prior to the incident.
  • This is a developing story.

Timeline

The injured officer has arrived at the hospital.

The ambulance is now moving southbound on 76th Street.

Police have established a designated hospital route.

Citizen user video shows officers setting up for an event with barricades lining 5th Avenue.

The injured officer is being transported to a nearby hospital and is alert and conscious, per dispatch.

FDNY EMS has arrived at the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:06
Central, can I get a time stamp for that bus 84, please?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:09
Is restarting the route in regards, the bus route for MOS? Is Harvey needed?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:07
FD's bus 84 at 1353 hours. 10-4, thank you. 10-4.

CORRECTION: An NYPD officer belonging to a specialized unit was seriously injured while operating a forklift at the scene.

EMS is one minute away. A tourniquet is being applied to the injured officer.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Metro, do you have a ETA for the EMS on the route? One minute, one minute. He's bleeding, apply a tourniquet.

A CPD officer was struck by his own forklift, suffering a broken leg.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Radio Squad 18. Squad redirected EMS box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street for a trauma, uh, trauma. Guy's run over by a forklift. Squad. 10-4, respond. 10-4, it's EMS trauma box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street. It's a male run over by a forklift at a construction site.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Unit to put up over the 10-13, is this a, is this a SID unit or just a regular? This is a CPD unit. Officially got struck by his own forklift. We need the bus ASAP. He's got a broken leg. We're pushing everybody down. 5th Avenue, 7, 10-5. 10-10-4, blood bank is needed? 10-5? Blood bank needed. 10-5.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:31
Manhattan North CCO 1. Manhattan North CCO 1. Can you have a unit shut down traffic southbound on 5th Avenue at 78 Street? Street 78. Shut down traffic at 78 and 5. I'll put everything down 5th Avenue. Have the bus come down 5th. Coming down 5th Avenue.

Officers are shutting down 5th Avenue as they expedite ambulance response to the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, is there any outstanding? Central, you got a ETA on that before? 5 minutes. Central, you want us to set up a route? Do I need to set up a route? Yeah, report everything down South 5th Avenue, tell me it's 5th Avenue. I need all side streets locked up so I can get 5th Avenue rolling. 10-4. Central, is there anybody outstanding? 10-4.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:10
10-4. I need a rush on that bus. That's a 10-4, K. 10-5 the job.
NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Additional units have been requested to assist.

NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Police at the scene report that a person was run over by a forklift and have requested EMS.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, I need a bus at 5th Avenue and 76th. 5th Avenue and 76th, are you engine K? I have an MLS dangerous run over by a forklift, I need it ASAP. 76th, 5 Avenue, ASAP. East 76th and 5 Avenue, confines of the 5 precinct? Yeah. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 5th Ave & E 76th St.

The injured officer has arrived at the hospital.

The ambulance is now moving southbound on 76th Street.

Police have established a designated hospital route.

Citizen user video shows officers setting up for an event with barricades lining 5th Avenue.

The injured officer is being transported to a nearby hospital and is alert and conscious, per dispatch.

FDNY EMS has arrived at the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:06
Central, can I get a time stamp for that bus 84, please?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:09
Is restarting the route in regards, the bus route for MOS? Is Harvey needed?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:07
FD's bus 84 at 1353 hours. 10-4, thank you. 10-4.

CORRECTION: An NYPD officer belonging to a specialized unit was seriously injured while operating a forklift at the scene.

EMS is one minute away. A tourniquet is being applied to the injured officer.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Metro, do you have a ETA for the EMS on the route? One minute, one minute. He's bleeding, apply a tourniquet.

A CPD officer was struck by his own forklift, suffering a broken leg.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Radio Squad 18. Squad redirected EMS box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street for a trauma, uh, trauma. Guy's run over by a forklift. Squad. 10-4, respond. 10-4, it's EMS trauma box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street. It's a male run over by a forklift at a construction site.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Unit to put up over the 10-13, is this a, is this a SID unit or just a regular? This is a CPD unit. Officially got struck by his own forklift. We need the bus ASAP. He's got a broken leg. We're pushing everybody down. 5th Avenue, 7, 10-5. 10-10-4, blood bank is needed? 10-5? Blood bank needed. 10-5.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:31
Manhattan North CCO 1. Manhattan North CCO 1. Can you have a unit shut down traffic southbound on 5th Avenue at 78 Street? Street 78. Shut down traffic at 78 and 5. I'll put everything down 5th Avenue. Have the bus come down 5th. Coming down 5th Avenue.

Officers are shutting down 5th Avenue as they expedite ambulance response to the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, is there any outstanding? Central, you got a ETA on that before? 5 minutes. Central, you want us to set up a route? Do I need to set up a route? Yeah, report everything down South 5th Avenue, tell me it's 5th Avenue. I need all side streets locked up so I can get 5th Avenue rolling. 10-4. Central, is there anybody outstanding? 10-4.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:10
10-4. I need a rush on that bus. That's a 10-4, K. 10-5 the job.
NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Additional units have been requested to assist.

NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Police at the scene report that a person was run over by a forklift and have requested EMS.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, I need a bus at 5th Avenue and 76th. 5th Avenue and 76th, are you engine K? I have an MLS dangerous run over by a forklift, I need it ASAP. 76th, 5 Avenue, ASAP. East 76th and 5 Avenue, confines of the 5 precinct? Yeah. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 5th Ave & E 76th St.

The injured officer has arrived at the hospital.

The ambulance is now moving southbound on 76th Street.

Police have established a designated hospital route.

Citizen user video shows officers setting up for an event with barricades lining 5th Avenue.

The injured officer is being transported to a nearby hospital and is alert and conscious, per dispatch.

FDNY EMS has arrived at the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:06
Central, can I get a time stamp for that bus 84, please?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:09
Is restarting the route in regards, the bus route for MOS? Is Harvey needed?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:07
FD's bus 84 at 1353 hours. 10-4, thank you. 10-4.

CORRECTION: An NYPD officer belonging to a specialized unit was seriously injured while operating a forklift at the scene.

EMS is one minute away. A tourniquet is being applied to the injured officer.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Metro, do you have a ETA for the EMS on the route? One minute, one minute. He's bleeding, apply a tourniquet.

A CPD officer was struck by his own forklift, suffering a broken leg.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Radio Squad 18. Squad redirected EMS box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street for a trauma, uh, trauma. Guy's run over by a forklift. Squad. 10-4, respond. 10-4, it's EMS trauma box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street. It's a male run over by a forklift at a construction site.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Unit to put up over the 10-13, is this a, is this a SID unit or just a regular? This is a CPD unit. Officially got struck by his own forklift. We need the bus ASAP. He's got a broken leg. We're pushing everybody down. 5th Avenue, 7, 10-5. 10-10-4, blood bank is needed? 10-5? Blood bank needed. 10-5.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:31
Manhattan North CCO 1. Manhattan North CCO 1. Can you have a unit shut down traffic southbound on 5th Avenue at 78 Street? Street 78. Shut down traffic at 78 and 5. I'll put everything down 5th Avenue. Have the bus come down 5th. Coming down 5th Avenue.

Officers are shutting down 5th Avenue as they expedite ambulance response to the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, is there any outstanding? Central, you got a ETA on that before? 5 minutes. Central, you want us to set up a route? Do I need to set up a route? Yeah, report everything down South 5th Avenue, tell me it's 5th Avenue. I need all side streets locked up so I can get 5th Avenue rolling. 10-4. Central, is there anybody outstanding? 10-4.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:10
10-4. I need a rush on that bus. That's a 10-4, K. 10-5 the job.
NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Additional units have been requested to assist.

NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Police at the scene report that a person was run over by a forklift and have requested EMS.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, I need a bus at 5th Avenue and 76th. 5th Avenue and 76th, are you engine K? I have an MLS dangerous run over by a forklift, I need it ASAP. 76th, 5 Avenue, ASAP. East 76th and 5 Avenue, confines of the 5 precinct? Yeah. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 5th Ave & E 76th St.

The injured officer has arrived at the hospital.

The ambulance is now moving southbound on 76th Street.

Police have established a designated hospital route.

Citizen user video shows officers setting up for an event with barricades lining 5th Avenue.

The injured officer is being transported to a nearby hospital and is alert and conscious, per dispatch.

FDNY EMS has arrived at the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:06
Central, can I get a time stamp for that bus 84, please?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:09
Is restarting the route in regards, the bus route for MOS? Is Harvey needed?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:07
FD's bus 84 at 1353 hours. 10-4, thank you. 10-4.

CORRECTION: An NYPD officer belonging to a specialized unit was seriously injured while operating a forklift at the scene.

EMS is one minute away. A tourniquet is being applied to the injured officer.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Metro, do you have a ETA for the EMS on the route? One minute, one minute. He's bleeding, apply a tourniquet.

A CPD officer was struck by his own forklift, suffering a broken leg.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Radio Squad 18. Squad redirected EMS box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street for a trauma, uh, trauma. Guy's run over by a forklift. Squad. 10-4, respond. 10-4, it's EMS trauma box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street. It's a male run over by a forklift at a construction site.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Unit to put up over the 10-13, is this a, is this a SID unit or just a regular? This is a CPD unit. Officially got struck by his own forklift. We need the bus ASAP. He's got a broken leg. We're pushing everybody down. 5th Avenue, 7, 10-5. 10-10-4, blood bank is needed? 10-5? Blood bank needed. 10-5.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:31
Manhattan North CCO 1. Manhattan North CCO 1. Can you have a unit shut down traffic southbound on 5th Avenue at 78 Street? Street 78. Shut down traffic at 78 and 5. I'll put everything down 5th Avenue. Have the bus come down 5th. Coming down 5th Avenue.

Officers are shutting down 5th Avenue as they expedite ambulance response to the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, is there any outstanding? Central, you got a ETA on that before? 5 minutes. Central, you want us to set up a route? Do I need to set up a route? Yeah, report everything down South 5th Avenue, tell me it's 5th Avenue. I need all side streets locked up so I can get 5th Avenue rolling. 10-4. Central, is there anybody outstanding? 10-4.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:10
10-4. I need a rush on that bus. That's a 10-4, K. 10-5 the job.
NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Additional units have been requested to assist.

NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Police at the scene report that a person was run over by a forklift and have requested EMS.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, I need a bus at 5th Avenue and 76th. 5th Avenue and 76th, are you engine K? I have an MLS dangerous run over by a forklift, I need it ASAP. 76th, 5 Avenue, ASAP. East 76th and 5 Avenue, confines of the 5 precinct? Yeah. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 5th Ave & E 76th St.

The injured officer has arrived at the hospital.

The ambulance is now moving southbound on 76th Street.

Police have established a designated hospital route.

Citizen user video shows officers setting up for an event with barricades lining 5th Avenue.

The injured officer is being transported to a nearby hospital and is alert and conscious, per dispatch.

FDNY EMS has arrived at the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:06
Central, can I get a time stamp for that bus 84, please?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:09
Is restarting the route in regards, the bus route for MOS? Is Harvey needed?
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:07
FD's bus 84 at 1353 hours. 10-4, thank you. 10-4.

CORRECTION: An NYPD officer belonging to a specialized unit was seriously injured while operating a forklift at the scene.

EMS is one minute away. A tourniquet is being applied to the injured officer.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:20
Metro, do you have a ETA for the EMS on the route? One minute, one minute. He's bleeding, apply a tourniquet.

A CPD officer was struck by his own forklift, suffering a broken leg.

Manhattan FDNY · 0:29
Radio Squad 18. Squad redirected EMS box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street for a trauma, uh, trauma. Guy's run over by a forklift. Squad. 10-4, respond. 10-4, it's EMS trauma box 1066, 5 Avenue at East 76th Street. It's a male run over by a forklift at a construction site.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Unit to put up over the 10-13, is this a, is this a SID unit or just a regular? This is a CPD unit. Officially got struck by his own forklift. We need the bus ASAP. He's got a broken leg. We're pushing everybody down. 5th Avenue, 7, 10-5. 10-10-4, blood bank is needed? 10-5? Blood bank needed. 10-5.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:31
Manhattan North CCO 1. Manhattan North CCO 1. Can you have a unit shut down traffic southbound on 5th Avenue at 78 Street? Street 78. Shut down traffic at 78 and 5. I'll put everything down 5th Avenue. Have the bus come down 5th. Coming down 5th Avenue.

Officers are shutting down 5th Avenue as they expedite ambulance response to the scene.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, is there any outstanding? Central, you got a ETA on that before? 5 minutes. Central, you want us to set up a route? Do I need to set up a route? Yeah, report everything down South 5th Avenue, tell me it's 5th Avenue. I need all side streets locked up so I can get 5th Avenue rolling. 10-4. Central, is there anybody outstanding? 10-4.
NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:10
10-4. I need a rush on that bus. That's a 10-4, K. 10-5 the job.
NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Additional units have been requested to assist.

NYPD Transit MH South · 0:28
Time is 1346, confines of 19th precinct, confirm 10-13 outside, confirm 10-13 outside, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, 5 Avenue East 76 Street, MOS run over by a forklift, unknown exit condition at this time.

Police at the scene report that a person was run over by a forklift and have requested EMS.

NYPD Citywide 1 · 0:30
Central, I need a bus at 5th Avenue and 76th. 5th Avenue and 76th, are you engine K? I have an MLS dangerous run over by a forklift, I need it ASAP. 76th, 5 Avenue, ASAP. East 76th and 5 Avenue, confines of the 5 precinct? Yeah. 10-4.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 5th Ave & E 76th St.

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Comments20

MeiVSep 14 at 2:43 PM

Thank goodness officer is alive

vrtexSep 14 at 2:00 PM

how do u get run over by ur own forklift while ur operating it 💀

nonurbsSep 14 at 1:57 PM

lol why touch stuff u don’t knwo hwo to use

scorpioluvSep 14 at 1:57 PM

WTF?!

MeiVSep 14 at 2:43 PM

Thank goodness officer is alive

vrtexSep 14 at 2:00 PM

how do u get run over by ur own forklift while ur operating it 💀

nonurbsSep 14 at 1:57 PM

lol why touch stuff u don’t knwo hwo to use

scorpioluvSep 14 at 1:57 PM

WTF?!

MeiVSep 14 at 2:43 PM

Thank goodness officer is alive

vrtexSep 14 at 2:00 PM

how do u get run over by ur own forklift while ur operating it 💀

nonurbsSep 14 at 1:57 PM

lol why touch stuff u don’t knwo hwo to use

scorpioluvSep 14 at 1:57 PM

WTF?!

MeiVSep 14 at 2:43 PM

Thank goodness officer is alive

vrtexSep 14 at 2:00 PM

how do u get run over by ur own forklift while ur operating it 💀

nonurbsSep 14 at 1:57 PM

lol why touch stuff u don’t knwo hwo to use

scorpioluvSep 14 at 1:57 PM

WTF?!

MeiVSep 14 at 2:43 PM

Thank goodness officer is alive

vrtexSep 14 at 2:00 PM

how do u get run over by ur own forklift while ur operating it 💀

nonurbsSep 14 at 1:57 PM

lol why touch stuff u don’t knwo hwo to use

scorpioluvSep 14 at 1:57 PM

WTF?!

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