One Dead, Six Injured in Fiery Brooklyn Bridge Crash This Morning

In a scary scene this morning, four vehicles collided on the Brooklyn Bridge, three of them erupting in flames.

One person was killed and six others were injured in the crash, the New York Times reports.

Horrible scene at the Brooklyn Bridge this morning, NYFD is amazing to watch in action pic.twitter.com/KIVM8kORgD

— Jennifer Brown (@jenniferbrownat) November 21, 2018

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— Pinbout (@Pinbout) November 21, 2018

The cars were traveling on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge when the crash occurred around 7:15 am, according to the Times. Firefighters were able to put out the fire by 8:00 am.

Both sides of the bridge were shut down. Gothamist reports that by 8:52 am, Manhattan-bound lanes of the bridge had been reopened to traffic.

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