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Melville FD Rescues Driver from Northern State Crash

May 9, 2015 9:34 pm Comments Off

The Melville Fire Department was dispatched to a crash on the Northern State Parkway between the Round Swamp Road and Route 110 exits on Thursday, May 7. The crash caused a Ford Explorer traveling eastbound to flip over the center divider onto the westbound side. Melville firefighters used the “Jaws of Life” tools to cut off […]

Dix Hills FD Responds to Overturn on Commack Road

May 4, 2015 10:36 am Comments Off

On Saturday afternoon, May 2, 2015, the Dix Hills Fire Department responded to a crash on Commack Road north of Euclid Avenue. Upon arrival firefighters found a two-car accident with a minivan on its side, and a woman trapped in the vehicle.
Dix Hills firefighters used heavy rescue tools to quickly extricate the victim by removing the windshield. The […]

Huntington Woman Killed In Crash

April 18, 2015 9:03 pm Comments Off

On Saturday, April 18, 2015, Tracymarie Verme was driving a 1997 Lexus westbound on Central Street, west of Clinton Avenue in Huntington when her vehicle struck two parked unoccupied vehicles at 4:30 p.m.
Verme, 44, of Huntington, was transported to Huntington Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The vehicle was impounded for safety checks and Suffolk County Police […]

East Northport Woman Critically Injured in Motor Vehicle Crash

April 8, 2015 5:47 am Comments Off

Suffolk County police detectives are investigating a crash that seriously injured a woman in Hauppauge on April 4, 2014.
Alyssa Leppert was driving a Chevy TrailBlazer erratically when a Third Precinct officer attempted to pull her over in a cul-de-sac on Kurt Lane at approximately 4:40 p.m. Leppert evaded the officer by driving on the lawns […]

Commack Road Pileup Injures Three in Dix Hills

April 6, 2015 7:29 am Comments Off

The Dix Hills Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a box truck and three cars on Commack Road and Pine Hill Lane at about 3:35 p.m. on March 30.
About 20 firefighters and rescue personnel were on the scene with two heavy rescue trucks, a pumper and three ambulances, under the command of […]

Melville Man Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash

April 2, 2015 6:51 am Comments Off

Stephen Puleo, 52, of Melville, was walking westbound on the Long Island Expressway, west of Exit 49, when he was struck by a U.S. Postal Service tractor trailer, driven by Russell A. Davenport of Northport at 10:30 p.m. Davenport, 62, who remained at the scene and attempted to assist the victim, was uninjured.
Puleo was pronounced dead […]

Car Crashed Through Fence Near Half Hollow Hills High School West

March 25, 2015 4:26 am Comments Off

Volunteers from the Dix Hills Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident after a car crashed through a chain-link fence on Wolf Hill Road at Melrose Road, near Half Hollow Hills High School West. Under the command of Chief Robert Fling and Third Assistant Chief Joe Williamson, an ambulance, heavy rescue truck and paramedic […]

Man Arrested for Leandra’s Law after Motor Vehicle Crash

March 22, 2015 7:35 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Police arrested a man for driving while intoxicated after he crashed his vehicle on the Long Island Expressway with his two daughters in the vehicle last evening.
Mauricio Zamora, of Ronkonkoma crashed his 2014 Honda Accord into the roadway median with his daughters, ages 9 and 11, in the vehicle at 10:24 p.m. The […]

Crash Takes Down Utility Pole On Elwood Road

March 20, 2015 10:42 am Comments Off

The Greenlawn Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a car that struck and cracked a utility pole early Friday morning, March 20, at about 1:10 a.m., on Elwood Road near Hammond Road. Two heavy rescue trucks, two ambulances and a paramedic unit were on the scene with about 25 firefighters. After PSEG de-energized the downed power lines, Greenlawn firefighters used […]

Accident Again at “5 Corners”

March 19, 2015 8:26 pm 1 Comment

Second Precinct officer’s responded to a pedestrian stuck on Pulaski Road and Fairground in Huntington Station this afternoon. A man, 34, of Huntington Station, was crossing Pulaski Road against the light when he was struck by a vehicle that could not swerve out of the way at 1 p.m. The pedestrian was transported to Huntington […]