BROOKLYN, New York -- A man is hospitalized after he was impaled by a tree branch in a gruesome, freak accident on the Belt Parkway.
Authorities say the 38-year-old was driving near the Bay Ridge waterfront Saturday morning when the tree limb crashed through his minivan. The branch impaled him in the abdomen.
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It took about an hour for rescue workers to get the man out of the car.
First responders rushed him to the hospital in critical condition.