Officers Injured in NYPD Van Crash

One police officer died and eight others were injured after an NYPD vehicle crash early Sunday in the Bronx, authorities said. Michael Williams, 25, was ejected from the rear of a police van when it crashed in Hunts Point, authorities said. Williams had been on the force for less than a year.He and eight other officers from the 47th Precinct in the Bronx had been on their way into Manhattan to staff a demonstration at the United Nations and the People’s Climate March.