CeFaan Kim live in Massapequa
Updated 1 hr 7 mins ago
NORTH MASSAPEQUA, New York (WABC) -- One person died in a house fire on Long Island Thursday morning, and a pedestrian was seriously injured when a police cruiser responding to the scene got into an accident with another vehicle.
The flames broke out at a home on North Suffolk Avenue in North Massapequa just after 9 a.m.
Firefighters from nine departments responded, and rescue crews pulled one victim from the structure. But sadly, that person -- a 79-year-old man in a wheelchair -- later died.
The fire was extinguished in about an hour.
The accident happened on Broadway while the officer was responding to the fire call. Authorities say the cruiser collided with a Toyota Camry, which then struck a male pedestrian who was crossing the street and then a storefront.
The impact tossed the pedestrian into a Nissan Rogue parked on the corner, and that victim is now listed in very serious condition.
The cause was not immediately determined.