Teen hurt in fall from tree in Middle Island
A Yaphank teenager suffered a fractured vertebrae after he fell 40 feet out of a pine tree he had climbed at a county park in Middle Island Tuesday afternoon, a Suffolk County official said.
The 17-year old and his friend were at Prosser Pines, a nature preserve in Middle Island, when the accident happened about 4:30 p.m., said Deputy County Executive Jon Schneider. The friend called 911,...
