Another ambulance crossing Second Avenue today. (Photo: Daniel Maurer)
An FDNY ambulance struck and killed a man in the East Village yesterday afternoon. The collision, which is being investigated by the NYPD, occurred around 2:20 p.m., at the intersection of 14th Street and Second Avenue. Police say 81-year-old Gen Zhan, a Kips Bay resident, was crossing 14th Street when he was struck by an ambulance turning onto the street. The vehicle’s 22-year-old driver stayed on the scene as Zhan was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where he died of severe body trauma.