Payphone crash update: taxi plowed straight into it

W 55th St & 9th Ave

We saw the payphones outside the Citibank at 55th & 9th were damaged during the rain earlier this week, but missed the actual accident. Reader Chris was there just after it happened however, and got took some great photos. The damage after the taxi was cleared made it seem like it was just a relatively minor incident, but turns out it was much more intense:

A taxi crashed into payphones on 9th Ave
A taxi crashed into payphones on 9th Ave

That’s much more of a crash than I was expecting. Very lucky nobody got hurt.

Thanks Chris for the photos!