FDNY pulls woman out of car after it flips over in West Brighton

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By Mira Wassef | mwassef@siadvance.com
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on July 08, 2015 at 5:08 PM, updated July 08, 2015 at 7:36 PM

Officials remove damaged car from accident sceneFirefighters had to break the windshield to remove the woman from the car before flipping it back over and cleaning all the debris, including broken glass, from the roadway. Police then pushed the Toyota to the side of the street and secured it by wrapping it around a nearby pole with yellow crime scene tape. (Video by Mira Wassef)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A female driver needed to be extricated from her car after she crashed into a parked vehicle and flipped over Wednesday afternoon in West Brighton, according to witnesses at the scene.
Several firefighters and police officers responded to the scene at the corner of Castleton Avenue and Hoyt Avenue, across from Richmond University Medical Center, after getting the emergency call at 3:07 p.m., an FDNY spokesman said.
The woman was not transported to a hospital and her condition is unknown, the spokesman said.
Residents say they heard a loud crash and came outside to find the woman inside a black Toyota SUV laying on its left side on Hoyt Avenue. They believe she was traveling up the one-way street when she collided with a parked Kia on the right side of the street.
The Kia was badly damaged on its left side and police towed it into a nearby lot.
"It sounded like a loud bang, like garbage cans being flipped over," one resident said.
Firefighters had to break the windshield to remove the woman from the car before flipping it back over and cleaning all the debris, including broken glass, from the roadway.
Police then pushed the Toyota to the side of the street and secured it by wrapping it around a nearby pole with yellow crime scene tape.
Police could not provide further details on the accident.