Brooklyn crossing guard injured by car on Atlantic Ave.
Union: Pushed child out of way
Brooklyn school crossing guard Shameeka White, 37, was injured in the line of duty early Wednesday morning when she shoved a child out of the way of a car careening around a stalled bus on Atlantic Avenue, according to her union, Local 372 AFSCME.
Ms. White was struck moments after she pushed the child clear of traffic at the busy intersection of Atlantic and Ralph avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
An NYPD spokesperson told the Brooklyn Eagle that White was transported to Kings County Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The child was not injured.
A union spokesperson said that White sustained a fractured left arm and knee, as well as ankle sprains to her left leg.