Military members injured in car crash after driver falls asleep
A driver fell asleep at the wheel in Brooklyn and struck a tree Wednesday morning, critically injuring an active military member, police and sources said.
The crash happened at about 7:30 a.m. on Flatbush Avenue near the Marine Park golf course in the south Brooklyn neighborhood.
The 21-year-old driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel, and the black sedan he was operating smashed into a tree, police said. A 24-year-old back-seat passenger was critically injured and taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.
The driver and a 23-year-old male passenger and two female passengers were also rushed to area hospitals, police said. They are expected to survive.
All three men are active-duty military and were on assigned leave, police sources said.