Officials said a boy was seriously injured by a fire on Staten Island.
The FDNY said the accident occurred at Broad and Gordon streets in the Stapleton section at about 7:20 a.m. Saturday.
A source said that the child was unclaimed and jumped out of the back of a parked city bus while the FDNY truck was returning to the Quarter of Engine 153 / Stair 77.
The driver of the truck was crying after the incident, a worker at the nearby Island Food Market told The Post.
“The driver was crying and the child was lying on the floor,” said Jimmy Ahmed, 40 years old. “There was a lot of sh-t going on. I was in the store and a lot of people were out. I was trying to see if I knew the child’s parents, but I had never seen that child before. “
FDNY confirmed that a department vehicle was involved in the crash, which is being investigated.
The NYPD said the boy was taken to Richmond University Medical Center in critical condition.
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