Police say 36-year-old Devon Brandon of Brooklyn was driving the truck northbound between 42nd and 44th Street on 10th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
He then got out of his truck, and into a fire truck. The firefighter inside was injured.
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Truck driver arrested after jumping into firetruck, assaulting firefighter
Police took the truck driver into custody.
Brandon is charged with felony reckless endangerment, assaulting a firefighter, driving while impaired on drugs, possession of cocaine and marijuana and refusing to take a breath test.
He was admitted to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation.
Lucy Yang's full report:
Truck driver jumps in fire truck, assaults firefighter after multi-car crash in Hell's Kitchen; 9 injured
Eight other people who were injured were taken to Roosevelt Hospital and Bellevue Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Brandon is currently on parole for criminal possession of a weapon and criminal sale of a firearm.