Rush-Hour Crash Snarls Downtown Binghamton Traffic

Binghamton Fire Department medics tended to an injured person at Main and Front streets. [Bob Joseph/WNBF News][/caption]

A late-afternoon collision at a busy Binghamton intersection tied up drivers as medics tended to an injured person.

Wrecked cars and police vehicles blocked the busy intersection. [Bob Joseph/WNBF News][/caption]

The crash at Main and Front streets was reported at 4:02 p.m. Tuesday.

A Toyota and a Kia collided at the intersection. A woman appeared to have sustained minor injuries. She was transported from the scene to Lourdes Hospital by a Superior ambulance.

After the two vehicles smashed into each other, the Kia struck a fire hydrant as it continued north on Front Street.

Traffic on Court, Main and Front streets was backed up until flat bed trucks removed the wrecked vehicles from the intersection.

A fire hydrant was struck by a vehicle on Front Street. [Bob Joseph/WNBF News][/caption]

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