By Olivia Scheck
DNAinfo Reporter Producer
MANHATTAN — Two cars collided at the intersection of East 90th Street and Park Avenue Sunday afternoon, sending one hurtling into scaffolding and leaving an 89-year-old woman badly hurt, police said.
The accident happened when a red Toyota Camry, driven by a 76-year-old woman, turned left onto 90th Street and crashed into a black Chevy Lumina containing a couple, both 89, police said.
The hurt woman, who had been in the passenger seat of the Chevy, suffered a severely broken arm.
"It looked like a movie," said an employee at 1125 Park Avenue, who said he could see the bone sticking out of the woman’s flesh.
"Blood was coming out like water."
The drivers of the two cars also suffered minor injuries, as did a pedestrian who leapt out of the Toyota’s way, police said.
The Toyota was still on the sidewalk beneath the damaged scaffolding an hour after the crash, which happened at 2.30 p.m.
A dozen people gathered at the scene after hearing the accident, which sent the sound of falling scaffolding beams reverberating down Park Avenue, according to witnesses.
Firemen used wooden pillars to prevent the scaffolding from collapsing. They taped off the northeast corner of 90th Street and Park Avenue, Battalion Chief Michael Massucci said.
He added the area would remain off limits until the scaffolding is repaired.
