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MVA w/ Entrapment Sunrise Hwy. and Falmouth Rd.
By Photographer Paul Mazza
October 28, 2011
Friday October 28, 2011 the North Babylon Fire Company was alerted for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment on the westbound service road of Sunrise Highway near Falmouth Road about 13:30 hours. A Dodge Ram pick up rear ended a parked tractor trailer trapping the driver of the Dodge. The Dodge was carrying a tub of pavement sealer which crushed the passenger compartment and covered the driver, both vehicles and the roadway. Heavy Rescue 1-8-15 extricated the driver in about 10 minutes and he was washed off with a line from Engine 1-8-8 before being transported by Ambulance 1-8-17. The driver of the tractor trailer was injured and taken to the hospital be West Babylon Ambulance 1-9-17. The road was closed for about three hours as the cause of the accident was investigated and the roadway cleared. Station 1 Captain Stoltz was in command of the scene.
