Governor to the rescue! Incredible moment Andrew Cuomo helps cut driver out of car after coming across a crash in New York City
- Governor Cuomo was returning from a luncheon event when he saw a truck resting on its side on Brooklyn Queens Expressway
- Video recorded by a member of his staff shows Cuomo, 62, climbing on top of the truck and helping free its passenger
- Truck’s occupant did not appear seriously hurt after the collision
- Short time prior, Cuomo had announced a plan to create a massive transit complex on Manhattan West Side
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo jumped into action when he saw a man stranded inside an overturned vehicle after an accident on Monday.
Video recorded by a member of Cuomo’s staff and shared on Twitter shows the three-term Democratic governor daringly climbing on top of the flipped-over truck and reportedly helping cut a passenger free from his seatbelt.
The incident took place along the Brooklyn-Queen Expressway as Cuomo was returning from a luncheon hosted by the Association for Better New York.
Man of action! Gov Andrew Cuomo jumped in to help when he saw a truck flipped over on the BQE on Monday. Video shows him helping rescue a stranded passenger
Cuomo, 62, dressed in a suit, helped ease the man out of the cabin of the flipped-over vehicle
The 18-second cellphone recording depicts the 62-year-old Cuomo, dressed only in a suit against the frigid January air, grabbing the victim’s denim-clad leg and easing him out of the cabin.
Police officers and other first transponders were on hand to assist with the rescue. The victim appeared to walk away from the collision unharmed.
There is no word at this time on what caused the commercial box truck to smash into the concrete median, leaving it partially resting on its side.
According to a video posted on the app Citizen, firefighters responded to reports of the accident on the BQE near Queens Boulevard at around 1.15pm.
Cuomo’s spokesperson Dani Lever told CNN, where his younger brother, Chris, is an anchor, that the NYPD had not arrived yet by the time Cuomo and his escort of state police officers came across the crash scene, so the governor got out of his car, approached the truck and freed the passenger.
Cuomo, was coming off an already busy morning, having announced a plan to create a massive transit complex on Manhattan’s West Side, which would incorporate the existing Penn Station and the soon-to-be completed Moynihan Train Hall.
The governor’s spokesperson said that the NYPD had not arrived yet by the time Cuomo and his escort of state police officers came across the crash scene
The unnamed victim was assisted by first responders and appeared unharmed