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Yaphank Fire Department crews responded to a multi-car crash on the Long Island Expressway Saturday, only to have one of their trucks stolen by the person who caused the crash, police say.

The accident happened just before 7 p.m., CBS New York reports.

While the expressway was closed to westbound traffic and firefighters were treating crash victims police say the driver of the vehicle that started the wreck got into a fire truck.

An officer tried to stop the man from driving away and suffered minor injuries to his arm, which he had inside the window of the vehicle.

Police apprehended the man a short time later. He faces charges of grand larceny, assault, and unlawful fleeing.

A car burst into flames after it slammed into a box truck along U.S. 1 in Miami, triggering a search for the driver who fled the scene on foot, police said. According to City of Miami Police, the driver of a Kia was heading south on South Dixie Highway when they rear-ended a truck carrying frozen foods near Southwest 17th Avenue, at around 6 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A gunman was shot and killed by a Houston police officer after allegedly setting a fire to lure neighbors outside, killing three people in southwest Houston on Sunday morning, according to investigators. At about 1 a.m., officials responded to a fire and a person down at 8020 Dunlap Street.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

PHOTOS: For more than a decade, Golden Gate Bridge officials have labored to build a massive net to catch people who jump from the span. Now, as the estimated $215 million project nears completion late next year, work is beginning to solve another problem: how to help people out. On Friday, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District voted to purchase a new $824,000 training facility near Mill Valley.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marin Independent Journal - Metered Site