An accused drunken driver was in police custody after barreling head-on into an FDNY ladder truck on a Queens street early Sunday.
Jimmy Lealecheverria, 41, crashed a van into a Ladder Co. 143 truck at the corner of 115th St. and Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill shortly after 6 a.m., authorities allege.
Three firefighters and Lealecheverria were hospitalized with minor injuries, FDNY officials said.
Lealecheverria, of Harrison, N.J., was charged with driving while intoxicated.
