Five people were hurt in a crash on the Long Island Expressway in Dix Hills Monday night.
The Dix Hills Fire Department responded to the multi-vehicle accident in the eastbound lanes of the LIE, between the Deer Park Avenue and Commack Road exits, shortly after 9 p.m.
The collision involved about five vehicles including a tractor-trailer and an SUV that overturned. Five occupants suffered injuries including one trauma patient.
Ambulances from the Dix Hills and Melville Rescue Squads transported the injured to Huntington Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital. Forty Dix Hills firefighters and EMS personnel were on the scene with three heavy rescue trucks, two ambulances, and a paramedic responder. Two additional ambulances assisted from the Melville Fire Department, and an ambulance from the Greenlawn Fire Department stood by at Dix Hills FD headquarters.
Units were under the command of Dix Hills Fire Chief Tom Magno, supported by Assistant Chiefs Tom Napolitano and Alan Berkowitz. This was the second serious accident that Dix Hills and Melville FD volunteers responded to on the Long Island Expressway in a 24-hour period.
Info and photos courtesy of Steve Silverman
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