Cop struck by car on Verrazano Bridge
MTA: Officer was reopening lower level to traffic
A cop was struck by a car and was critically injured while working to reopen the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to traffic following overnight construction on Sunday, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials.
Officer Thomas Choi, an MTA Bridges and Tunnels cop, was listed in critical but stable condition in Staten Island University North Hospital on Monday.
Choi had parked his wrecker truck near the entrance to the Brooklyn-bound lower level of the bridge next to the facility administration building when he was struck by a Nissan Maxima with New Jersey plates at around 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, officials said.