Flipped Garbage Truck Injures Four in Laurelton

A Department of Sanitation truck flipped onto two cars on the Belt Parkway in Laurelton on Saturday. Photo via DSNY.

A Department of Sanitation truck flipped onto two cars on the Belt Parkway in Laurelton on Saturday. Photo via DSNY.

The Associated Press

The FDNY says four people were injured when a sanitation truck overturned on the Belt Parkway near Francis Lewis Boulevard on Saturday.

WABC-TV reported that the truck overturned after hitting an overpass in Queens shortly after 8 p.m. The truck crushed two other vehicles.

Officials said one person was hospitalized in serious condition and three others suffered minor injuries.

The damage to the truck was not known. Police were continuing to investigate the accident.