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Deadly crash of NYPD van in the Bronx

NEW YORK - A police officer has died and at least eight others are injured after an NYPD van crashed Sunday morning in the Bronx.

The single-vehicle crash occurred in Hunts Point in the southern section of the borough.

The officers were taken to several Bronx hospitals, CBS News York reports. The officer who died was being treated at Lincoln Medical Center.

The others are expected to survive, CBS New York reports. It appears at least one of the officers was ejected from the vehicle.

William Soto, who came up to the crash scene moments after it happened, described the scene to Burrell: "They put the neck brace on his neck. They had another officer sitting on the ground. And I guess, for precuation, they put him in the ambulance afterwards. Then they had another officer standing; I guess, also for precaution, they had him on the board and also took him to the hospital. Then a passerby told me, 'Oh, there was another cop laying in the middle of the highway on the Bruckner.' He was all mangled up. So he might have been ejected out of the side doors somehow."

There was heavy rain in the area overnight. Neighbors said that when the roadway is slick, it can be extremely dangerous, and the area where the crash occurred is very prone to accidents.

It's not clear whether the rain and wet roads played a factor in the crash. Investigators were processing the scene at 8 a.m.

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