Traffic & Transit

Car Crashing Into Peekskill Building Injures 4

Officials said the driver had to be extricated from the car.

A car crashing into a Peekskill building sent four people to the hospital Thursday.
A car crashing into a Peekskill building sent four people to the hospital Thursday. (Shutterstock)

PEEKSKILL, NY — Four people were taken to the hospital Thursday night after a car crashed into a building in Peekskill.

The Peekskill Volunteer Ambulance Corps posted on Facebook that the fire department was sent to North Division Street for a report of a car crash involving a pedestrian shortly after 8 p.m.

Authorities said three people were struck by the car that crashed into the building with the driver pinned inside the vehicle.

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The driver was able to be extricated, a total of four people were taken to Westchester Medical Center.

"It was a challenging scene, but everyone worked together to provide the best care to the patients," the corps' post said.

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