Greenwich Street [3-11-13]

Just after 17:00 hours on the evening of March 11th the Hempstead Fire Department was dispatched to 46 Greenwich Street [Peninsula Boulevard and Grove Street as the cross streets] for a report of a car into a building. Upon arrival the first units on scene were met with a Ford pickup into the number one side of a funeral home. Also involved in the accident were three other vehicles strewn across Greenwich Street. It was alleged the Ford pickup crashed into a Toyota and Nissan sedan and attempted to flee the accident by putting the truck into reverse. Once in reverse, it was said the truck struck another Toyota sedan then going on to crash into the building. The hit into the building caused significant, structural damage and the department of buildings was requested to the scene. Firefighters on scene helped to secure the autos and transport the aided. There were four aided taken from the scene to area hospitals. None of the injuries are believed to be life threatening and the cause of the accident remained under investigation. All fire department units were under the command of Hempstead Chief of Department Scott Clark.