Long Beach cops: Sunbather injury an accident
Photo credit: James Carbone | A Long Beach police sport utility vehicle that ran over a sunbather Wednesday is driven off the beach. The man suffered a broken spine and was taken by helicopter to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, said City Manager Charles Theofan. (May 26, 2010)
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The Long Beach police officer who ran over a sunbather was back at work Thursday after police deemed the occurrence to be an accident, authorities said.
The accident — which left an Oceanside man with a broken spine — put a spotlight on the presence of emergency and municipal vehicles on Long Island’s beaches just as the unofficial summer season begins.
Law enforcement officials said...
