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It’s a miracle no one was killed in Williamsburg on Tuesday afternoon, after a big rig collided with a tree bringing it crashing down onto a busy sidewalk.

Sources tell YWN that the truck lost control while driving on Lee Avenue between Rodney Street and Ross Street at around 1:15PM. The truck slammed into a large tree as well as a light pole – taking down both of them – and just missing the Eastern Silver storefront.

Williamsburg Hatzolah as well as the FDNY and NYPD were on the scene in minutes after receiving numerous calls and reports that a person was pinned underneath the tree. Thankfully, those reports were inaccurate, and Hatzolah treated one woman with minor back pain. She was transported to a local hospital by a Hatzolah ambulance.

The police are trying to determine what caused the driver to lose control, but the community is thankful to the Ribono Shel Olam that no one was seriously injured or killed.

(Fred Silverstein – YWN)