A 7-year-old boy was critically injured when he was hit by an FDNY aerial truck as he crossed the road on Staten Island on Saturday morning, according to a report broadcast ABC 7 NY.

According to the new report, the incident happened as the apparatus was returning to quarters in Stapleton.

The truck struck the boy has he was crossing Broad Street at about 7:30 am on Saturday morning, the television station reported. Firefighters immediately treated the boy before medics arrived, according to the report.

The television station reported the boy was by himself at the time of the incident, but firefighters were able to locate the victim’s family to notify them about the crash.

Police are investigating why the boy was left alone, the station reported.

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Firefighters in Manhattan Beach, CA, are expecting to be in a new $9.5 million fire station by 2023 after the city council approved the final design last week, according to EasyReaderNews.com.

The web site reported that the new station will replace one built in 1954 that has many deficiencies, including the lack of bathrooms for females, bays that are insufficient for modern apparatus and it was not earthquake proof.

The new station will be nearly three times the size of the current station and address the many deficiencies, including an exhaust removal system, the web site reported.

Construction on the new building is set to begin in October, according to the report.

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VIDEO: Seven CenterPoint Energy workers were injured in a massive gas fire near Klein on Friday. It happened in the 18700 block of Gleannloch Lakes Boulevard around 6 p.m. Comcast crews were in the area working when they punctured a gas line, according to the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office. CenterPoint Energy crews were then sent to fix the line.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

PHOTOS: A 52-year-old Ormond Beach woman died and five City of Daytona Beach firefighters were hurt following a traffic crash near Halifax Health Medical Center on Saturday. Just after 5 p.m., a Daytona Beach Fire Department truck flipped over after a collision with a silver Pontiac driven by the woman, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

Several fire departments pulled recruits from the state’s fire academy after a city firefighter suffered a medical emergency while participating in a training drill Wednesday at the facility in Montour Falls, near Watkins Glen. Battalion Chief Sean McGarrity of the Ridge Road Fire Department, in Greece, Monroe County, confirmed that four department recruits were pulled from the training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science in Schuyler County.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times - Metered Site