First responders from Maimonides Medical Center struck and seriously injured a 79-year-old woman on 58th Street in Borough Park while responding to a call there on March 23.
An ambulance driver backed into the woman around 2 pm between Eighth and Ninth avenues — medics were on the way to pick up a heart attack victim on 58th Street, law enforcement sources said.
She suffered head trauma, internal injuries, and multiple broken bones, police sources on the scene said. Another ambulance transported the woman to Lutheran Medical Center in critical condition following the accident, according to the police department.
The police department’s Collision Investigation Squad is looking into the incident, authorities said.
