Dix Hills FD Responds to Northern State Crash

Story & Photos by Steve Silverman

The Dix Hills Fire Department responded to a two-car crash on the Northern State Parkway west of Deer Park Avenue in the eastbound lanes, Monday night, April 21, at around 8:15 p.m. Firefighters used heavy rescue extrication tools to remove a woman trapped in one of the wrecked cars. Three victims suffered injuries, with the woman being airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital by Suffolk Police Medivac helicopter that landed on the parkway. Two men were transported by Dix Hills Rescue Squad ambulances to Huntington Hospital. Nearly 50 Dix Hills volunteer firefighters and rescue personnel were on the scene with four ambulances, three heavy rescue trucks and two engines, under the command of First Assistant Chief Robert Fling, with operations handled by Second Assistant Chief Tom Napolitano and Third Assistant Chief Alan Berkowitz. The crash closed both the eastbound and westbound lanes of the parkway between Deer Park Avenue and Wolf Hill Road. State Police are investigating.