New York:
A police car assisting Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade collided with another vehicle on the West Side of Manhattan on Tuesday as Biden was on his way to appear on a television show, the police said.
The accident took place just before 6 p.m. on the corner of West 49th Street and 10th Avenue as the police car was driving ahead of Biden's motorcade to help clear the way, the authorities said. Biden was on his way to a taping of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," which is recorded at a studio on 11th Avenue near West 52nd Street.
The police car, the authorities said, was part of an "advance element" of the motorcade made up of three marked police cars that traveled about three minutes ahead of Biden's vehicle to help clear the way and make sure there were no "breakdown issues" along the way.
As the marked cars traveled west on 49th Street, one of them collided with a livery cab at the intersection. Two officers and two civilians in the livery cab were taken to a hospital with neck and back injuries, the police said. None of the injuries were serious, the police said.
It was unclear if Biden was aware of the accident. His office did not immediately respond to a message Tuesday night.
It was the second accident involving Biden's motorcade this week. On Monday, a sheriff's vehicle escorting Biden's motorcade in Albuquerque was hit by a car that went around two units blocking an intersection, injuring a sergeant in the vehicle.
Last week, a man in Maryland was killed when he was hit by two Secret Service cars: a limousine sometimes used by Biden, and a Chevrolet Suburban used in his motorcade. Biden was not in the limousine or the Suburban at the time of the accident.
The accident took place just before 6 p.m. on the corner of West 49th Street and 10th Avenue as the police car was driving ahead of Biden's motorcade to help clear the way, the authorities said. Biden was on his way to a taping of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," which is recorded at a studio on 11th Avenue near West 52nd Street.
The police car, the authorities said, was part of an "advance element" of the motorcade made up of three marked police cars that traveled about three minutes ahead of Biden's vehicle to help clear the way and make sure there were no "breakdown issues" along the way.
As the marked cars traveled west on 49th Street, one of them collided with a livery cab at the intersection. Two officers and two civilians in the livery cab were taken to a hospital with neck and back injuries, the police said. None of the injuries were serious, the police said.
It was unclear if Biden was aware of the accident. His office did not immediately respond to a message Tuesday night.
It was the second accident involving Biden's motorcade this week. On Monday, a sheriff's vehicle escorting Biden's motorcade in Albuquerque was hit by a car that went around two units blocking an intersection, injuring a sergeant in the vehicle.
Last week, a man in Maryland was killed when he was hit by two Secret Service cars: a limousine sometimes used by Biden, and a Chevrolet Suburban used in his motorcade. Biden was not in the limousine or the Suburban at the time of the accident.
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