3 Hurt in Taxi Accident on Upper East Side: FDNY

A taxi cab hurtled onto the sidewalk on an Upper East Side corner Friday afternoon, hurting three people, authorities say. 

The accident happened at about 1:45 p.m. at Third Avenue and East 86th Street. It's not clear how the taxi cab ended up on the sidewalk.

The FDNY says three people were hurt and taken to Lenox Hill Hospital. It's not clear whether they were pedestrians or passengers or the driver in the cab. 

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