car into a building
The West Hempstead Fire Department responded to the report of a car into a building on Tuesday, August 3, at Hempstead Turnpike and Mayfair Avenue. A elderly driver had apparently stepped on the gas pedal rather than the brake and smashed into the rear wall of a discount store at the location. The storefront glass was shattered, but no one inside the building was injured. The driver declined to be transported to the hospital. The Building Department was called to the scene to verify the stability of the wall.
Fire News photo by Lou Minutoli
motorcyclist down
The Lakeview Fire Department responded to a motorcyclist down on the afternoon of Friday, August 6. The eastbound Southern State parkway just past Exit 17 (Hempstead Avenue) was brought to a crawl after the motorcyclist lost control of his bike and was injured near the center divider. Police were on the scene, and the biker was treated for his injuries by Nassau County EMS.
Fire News photos by Lou Minutoli
Yaphank Handles Overturn
On Tuesday afternoon, August 10, the Yaphank FD was toned out for a single vehicle MVA with overturn on the LIE just east of CR 101. Under the command of Chief of Department Matt Quinn, members of Rescue 15 secured the vehicle while members from EMS Unit 16 as well as South Country Ambulance tended to the three victims. The driver of the Chevy Tahoe for unknown reasons left the eastbound roadway overturning on the grassy center divider. The adult male driver and two children were all transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital with various injuries. Members from Fire Police as well as the Suffolk County Sheriffs handled traffic control.
Fire News photo by Rob Garofalo
two-car MVA
On Friday, August 13, 2010, the Lindenhurst Fire Dept. was called to S. 8th St. and Montauk Hwy. for a two-car MVA with overturn and entrapment. A Ford Taurus and Saturn sedan collided, rolling the Saturn over at least once. The Saturn came to rest after it rolled into a boat storage yard through the fence with a post going through the windshield and missing the driver. The crew from Heavy Rescue 1-6-5 stabilized the car while an ALS provider entered the vehicle to treat the driver. The crew then put cutters to work to cut all the posts on the car and removed the roof and cut away the fence post that had entered the car. The driver was extricated in about 25 minutes and was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital with non-life threatening injuries by Lindenhurst Ambulance 1-6-7. Lindenhurst also responded with Ambulance 1-6-17, Engine 1-6-3, Fire Police 1-6-8, Second Asst. Chief McCloud 1-6-32, and Chief of Dept. Smaldon, who was in charge of the scene. The Copiague Fire Dept. was requested to the scene and responded with Engine 1-3-9, Heavy Rescue 1-3-3, Ambulance 1-3-27, and Utility Truck 1-3-8. The driver of the Taurus was uninjured.
Fire News photos by Paul Mazza
LIE OVERTURN
On August 12, 2010, at around 1420 hours the Yaphank Fire Department was activated for a reported overturn on the east bound Long Island Expressway east of Exit 67. Units arrived to find a vehicle overturned with the driver trapped. Yaphank FD put the tool in operation and extricated the victim, who was conscious and alert, and transported him to the awaiting Suffolk County Police helicopter. The victim sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries..
Fire News photo by David Rubin
