How many persons were injured in the Providence when a Nissan crashed into a apartment building on Pavilion?
A powerful explosion injured six firefighters and a police officer early Saturday, May 9, 2009, after a motorist slammed into a block of natural gas meters outside an apartment house. The blast hurtled one firefighter 30 feet into the street and sent a police officer to the hospital with a concussion, Providence police Lt. Daniel E. Gannon said. Those two were admitted to Rhode Island Hospital with injuries that were not considered life threatening. ive other firefighters were treated at the hospital. The explosion occurred minutes after police and firefighters responded to the accident at the apartment complex on Pavilion Avenue, between Rugby and Ocean streets. Police say the driver of a 2009 Nissan Xterra had been speeding down Pavilion Avenue around 12:30 a.m. when he crashed into a parked 1999 Ford Windstar minivan in which people were sitting. The driver ran off and was still being sought. That impact sent the SUV careening 40 feet across the residential block, up the muddy, gras
