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On Friday night, at the 7th Avenue and 51st Street intersection in Sunset Park, a Chinese restaurant deliveryman on a scooter collided head-on with an FDNY cruiser—a witness said Lin Chen, 36, was bleeding so much he looked dead (the photo is dramatic). Today, the Daily News reports that Chen remains in the ICU at Lutheran Medical Center. According to News and Post, FDNY EMS Deputy Chief Brian Milzoff will not be charged. Milzoff, whose lights and sirens were on (according to EMS sources that spoke to the News) had been responding to a call about a stabbing which later turned out to be false. The Post adds, "Witnesses wondered why Milzoff didn't get out to help the victim, but EMS sources said he was actually pinned in his car," and tests showed Milzoff was not drunk. Meanwhile, relatives are hoping the best for Lin, the married father of two young children; his nephew said, "Everyone feels bad, like sick. It's very hard."
Deliveryman Remains In Critical Condition After Friday Crash
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I hope he makes it and regains his health.
I just want to commend the staff of Gothamist for the thorough car crash reporting they do. Seriously, I will never move to Suffolk county now. Why? 1) It's totally lame and 2) Everyone seems to drive drunk and crash their car (invariably hitting at least one to three persons under 25, one member of the clergy, one already injured autistic boy, an elderly couple, a stand-up comedian and, to top it off, a bicyclist -- all without suffering any appreciable injuries themselves).
Oh yeah, the penalty for all this? ...wait for it... 30 days in jail and a suspended license... and possibly a lecture from the judge. Then, after finding out that no one will hire them on Long Island any more, they take a job driving cabs in Manhattan... whereupon they proceed to 1) flip their cab 2) hit a building and 3) mysteriously disappear and not be charged while the girl scout troop they hit burns alive.
Cars? Nah, no need for a debate in the public discourse here. Rant over.