3:20PM EST: A serious car accident just occurred in Flatbush, leaving one person with serious injuries R”L.

The accident location is Avenue O and Ocean Avenue, and the FDNY & NYPD Emergency Services Unit were requested to the scene to extricate the injured person.

Hatzolah was originally transporting the patient to a trauma center, but diverted to Maimonides Hospital.

Sources tell YWN that the patient is currently in “post arrest”, and is in critical condition.

UPDATE 4:40PM EST: The 51-year-old driver of the vehicle, a resident of Boro Park has R”L been Niftar at the hospital.

Further information will be posted pending proper notifications.

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(Yehuda Drudgestein / YWN-72)