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Eight People Hurt in Two-Car Accident on Sixth Avenue

September 5, 2012 10:58am | Updated September 5, 2012 10:58am
The victims were injured when the vehicles crashed on Sixth Avenue on September 5, 2012.
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MANHATTAN — Eight people were injured after two cars collided in Chelsea early Wednesday, officials said.

Two of the victims were seriously hurt when the vehicles crashed about 3:45 a.m. in front of 574 Sixth Avenue, near West 16th Street, the FDNY said.

One of the victims had to be extricated from a vehicle, a spokesman said.

Six other people in the vehicles were hurt, though their injuries were not considered life-threatening, fire officials said.

All of the victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital, the spokesman said.

The details of the accident were not immediately known.

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