Car flips, hits other vehicles injuring 5 on Lower East Side of Manhattan

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Thursday, September 12, 2019
Multi-vehicle crash injures several people in Lower Manhattan
One vehicle flipped and hit other cars.

LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Multiple cars and a motorcycle collided on the Lower East Side early Thursday, injuring five people.

The vehicles crashed on South Street at Clinton Street, under the FDR Drive, just after 12:15 a.m.

One witness said the driver of an Infiniti overturned while attempting to pass a Lincoln.

At least one other car and a motorcycle also appear to have been involved.

Five people were injured, one sustaining serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

South Street was closed for hours as police investigated.

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