NEW YORK

Eight people were injured after a taxi crashed into a restaurant in Manhattan. 

The taxi ploughed into a building on 54th Street and Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, which houses the Westville Hell’s Kitchen restaurant on the ground floor, and apartments above. 

In photos of the incident, which occurred shortly after 12.30pm on Thursday, firefighters can be seen working to remove the front of the yellow cab from the restaurant. 

The crash left behind debris including what appears to be part of the front bumper of the taxi.
According to the FDNY, five people were taken to the hospital following the crash, with photos showing one patron being transported in a wheelchair by emergency responders. 

https://www.independent.co.uk
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LINCOLNSHIRE

A taxi driver was seriously injured after a crash near a caravan park in Sutton on Sea on Wednesday morning.

Police and an air ambulance were called to the scene near to Lakeside caravan park on Alford Road after a crash involving a black hackney taxi shortly after 11am on Wednesday, July 10.

The driver who was the only occupant of the vehicle has been taken to Queens Medical Centre.
Alford & Mablthorpe Police said a road closure is expected to be in place for a number of hours. 
Emergency services are currently dealing with the crash.

A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: “Incident 127 reported at 11.08am refers to a serious RTC on Alford Road, Sutton on Sea, Mablethorpe. One vehicle is involved.

“The Air Ambulance is on scene, the driver and single occupant of the vehicle has been seriously injured.”

A spokesperson for EMAS said: “We received a call at 11.04am this morning to Alford Rd, Sutton on Sea. The caller reported an RTC.

“We sent a LIVES responder, doctor, paramedic in an ambulance car, crewed ambulance and the air ambulance. We transported one patient to Queen’s Medical Centre.”

https://lincolnshirereporter.co.uk