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Produce Truck Overturns in Dix Hills

March 2, 2016 6:35 pm Comments Off

Truck Overturns in Dix Hills Crash
The Dix Hills Fire Department responded to a crash involving an overturned box truck carrying produce on Deer Park Avenue and DeForest Road South on Monday, February 29, 2016 at about 11:15 a.m. The driver was pinned in the truck and extricated by Dix Hills firefighters who used heavy rescue […]

SUV Crashes Into Tree & Knocks Out Fire Hydrant on Jericho

March 2, 2016 5:50 pm Comments Off

Huntington Manor FD Rescues Man Trapped in Crash

The Huntington Manor Fire Department responded to extricate an elderly man trapped following a crash on Jericho Turnpike near Brooks Avenue on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at about 11:22 a.m. Manor firefighters used the “Jaws of Life” heavy rescue tools to remove a door from the SUV that […]

Jeep Crashes Into Huntington House

February 21, 2016 12:48 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Fire Department and Suffolk Police responded to a accident involving a Jeep Cherokee that crashed into a house on Creek Road in Huntington, Saturday night, February 20, 2016. The male driver was transported to Huntington Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Huntington firefighters were on the scene with an engine and heavy rescue truck, […]

Huntington Station Man Seriously Injured in Motor Vehicle Crash

February 14, 2016 8:54 am Comments Off

On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at approximately 9:20 p.m., Matthew McKay was attempting to cross Main Street, west of Nassau Road in Huntington Village, when he was struck by an eastbound 2016 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Theresa Caperna.
McKay, 67, of Huntington Station, was transported to Huntington Hospital with serious injuries. Caperna, 57, of Centerport, was not injured.
Suffolk […]

Pedestrian Struck in Front of First Aid Squad

February 10, 2016 2:18 pm Comments Off

At approximately 3:45 PM on Febrary 2, 2016, the on-duty dispatcher at the Huntington Community First Aid Squad (HCFAS) noticed an agitated young man in front of their headquarters pointing to the intersection of Railroad Street and Lowndes Ave. Several HCFAS members were able to see a person lying motionless in the street. An ambulance […]

Two Men Killed, One Seriously Injured in Single-Car, Fort Salonga Road, west of Makamah Road, Fort Salonga

February 10, 2016 2:10 pm Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a single-car crash that killed two men and seriously injured another in Fort Salonga on February 2, 2016 at approximately 4:30am.
Leland Acampora was driving a Hyundai Sonata westbound on Fort Salonga Road, near Makamah Road, when he apparently lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a […]

Huntington Declares Snow Emergency, Effective 12:01 a.m. January 23

January 22, 2016 3:40 pm Comments Off

With a forecast for significant snow and high winds starting early tomorrow morning and continuing throughout the day, Huntington Supervisor Frank P. Petrone declared a snow emergency, effective at 12:01 a.m. January 23, closed Town facilities and cancelled all activities and events.
“This is our first storm of the season, and the forecast is that […]

Serious Motorcycle Accident in Greenlawn

January 9, 2016 11:53 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash which seriously injured a motorcyclist in Greenlawn at approximately 4:08pm Friday January 8, 2016.
Merwyn Kaplan was driving a 2014 Nissan westbound on Pulaski Road when he made a left turn onto Duncan Elder Drive, and collided with a 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven […]

Construction Worker Injured in Fall from Roof in Centerport

December 8, 2015 12:49 pm Comments Off

The Centerport Fire Department responded to assist a worker who fell off the roof of a condominium under construction at Centershore Road and East Main Street on Monday, December 7, at about 2:15 p.m. The Centerport Rescue Squad ambulance crew and District Paramedic were dispatched to the scene, where the 56-year-old man fell approximately 30-feet from […]

SCPD,Huntington Manor FD & Ambulance Squad (HCFAS) Help Ladder Fall Victim, Medevac to Stony Brook University Hospital

December 7, 2015 12:16 pm Comments Off

A call came in at 1:11 pm Saturday, Dec 5th, 2015. It came in as injuries from a fall off of a ladder, the location was on Algonquin Dr., Huntington Station.
The patient was a 41 year old male, reported to be about 15 ft up on the ladder at the time of the fall. The […]