THIELLS – The Thiells Fire Department’s underwater search and rescue truck crashed into an occupied residence as it was responding to a reported boating accident at the West Haverstraw Marina on the Hudson River.
The incident occurred shortly after midnight on Thursday when the vehicle slammed into a first-floor apartment at 4 East Railroad Avenue off Route 9W.
The two-story building sustained extensive damage.
The Rockland County Fire Collapse Team was called in to help make rescues and shore up the building.
Several people were injured and taken to Montefiore Nyack Hospital and Westchester Medical Center. Their conditions were not immediately known.
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