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SI firefighter charged with DWI crashed car, fled scene: cops
By Craig McCarthy
March 17, 2019 | 4:31pm
The scene of the crash at Post and Decker avenues
Mark Mellone
An off-duty firefighter drunkenly smashed into a building in Staten Island and then ran from the wreck, police said.
A photo snapped by the Post shows a totaled two-door, red car with the front end caved in and windows shattered.
Omar Juarez-Rivera, 27, was arrested shortly after at his home, police said. He faces charges of DWI and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries, police said.
There were three others in the car when he crashed into a building around 4 a.m. at Post and Decker avenues, police said.
One of the passengers was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The crash is still under investigation.
Drunk off-duty (Asian-looking Hispanic) firefighter crashes into pole and flees, abandoning passenger with broken leg: cops
A drunk off-duty FDNY firefighter crashed his car into a pole in Staten Island early Sunday and fled the scene, leaving a passenger behind with a broken leg, police said. Omar Juarez-Rivera, 27, allegedly smashed his car into a utility pole near Post and Decker Aves. in Port Richmond about 3:50 a.m. Sunday, cops said. Juarez-Rivera jumped out and ran to his nearby home, leaving three injured passengers behind in his car, police said. Medics rushed a man with a broken leg to an area hospital, police said. The two other passengers refused medical treatment.
SI firefighter charged with DWI crashed car, fled scene: cops
By Craig McCarthy
March 17, 2019 | 4:31pm
The scene of the crash at Post and Decker avenues
Mark Mellone
An off-duty firefighter drunkenly smashed into a building in Staten Island and then ran from the wreck, police said.
A photo snapped by the Post shows a totaled two-door, red car with the front end caved in and windows shattered.
Omar Juarez-Rivera, 27, was arrested shortly after at his home, police said. He faces charges of DWI and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries, police said.
There were three others in the car when he crashed into a building around 4 a.m. at Post and Decker avenues, police said.
One of the passengers was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The crash is still under investigation.
Drunk off-duty (Asian-looking Hispanic) firefighter crashes into pole and flees, abandoning passenger with broken leg: cops
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