{"id":206109,"date":"2025-09-06T22:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/206109\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T22:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:46:22","slug":"multiple-people-injured-after-traffic-light-pole-crashes-to-the-ground-on-uws-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/206109\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple People Injured After Traffic Light Pole Crashes to the Ground on UWS: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/81ststreetcrash-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-96728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/81ststreetcrash-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"\/><\/a>Multiple people were injured after a light pole came crashing down on the corner of West 81st Street and Central Park West. Photo credit \u00a9 2025 Rick Smolan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Gus Saltonstall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Multiple people were injured Saturday morning on the Upper West Side after a light pole and traffic light came crashing to the ground, a police spokesperson confirmed and photos from the incident show.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson told West Side Rag that a light pole fell to the ground at the corner of West 81st Street and Central Park West around 10:45 a.m., while \u201cmaintenance work\u201d was taking place. Four people were injured in the incident, all transported to Mount Sinai Morningside in stable condition, NYPD added.<\/p>\n<p>Police would not provide more details about how the light pole was knocked to the ground, but Rick Smolan, who arrived at the scene moments after it happened, told the Rag that it appeared like the top of a truck struck elevated electrical wires at the nearby intersection, which then pulled down the light poles and traffic lights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crash2-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-96729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crash2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/><\/a>Photo credit \u00a9 2025 Rick Smolan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBystanders immediately started helping people who were hurt,\u201d Smolan told the Rag on a phone call. \u201cIt was great to see everybody step in and help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a miracle the weight of the traffic light that fell on them didn\u2019t kill them,\u201d Smolan added, while also mentioning that the driver of the truck proceeded to climb to the top of his vehicle to untangle it from the wires, so that the intersection would not be blocked off to traffic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassersby yelled at him to be careful because everyone was worried the wires were hot and that he was going to electrocute himself,\u201d Smolan said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/driver.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96730 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/driver-1024x715.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\"  \/><\/a>Photo credit \u00a9 2025 Rick Smolan.<\/p>\n<p>There have been no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing, police said.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story, please check back in for updates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to West Side Rag\u2019s FREE email newsletter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/westsiderag.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=5772ebf2a0a585445f1188785&amp;id=f50755d5f9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. 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