6 taken to hospitals in Wantagh van crash
A firefighter rushes a child to an ambulance at the scene of an accident on the Southern State Parkway just west of the Wantagh State Parkway. (June 29, 2011) Credit: Harry Loud
Six people were taken to hospitals Wednesday afternoon after a van left the Southern State Parkway heading eastbound and struck a tree between the Wantagh State Parkway and Bellmore Road in Wantagh, police said.
Traffic in both directions on the Southern State Parkway was stopped for about an hour after the 1:17 p.m. crash, said Harry Loud of the Wantagh Fire Department.
No one in the van suffered life-threatening injuries and no criminal charges were filed, police said.
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