Police: Dump truck crashes into Roslyn Heights dry-cleaning shop
Firefighters at the scene after a dump truck crashed into a dry cleaning store in Roslyn Heights just before noon on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. One person was injured in the crash, which happened at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Locust Street, Nassau police said. Credit: Joseph C. Sperber
One person was injured when a dump truck crashed into a dry cleaning store just before noon Tuesday in Roslyn Heights, police said.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Locust Street -- one block from Roslyn High School -- at 11:59 a.m., Nassau County police said. Police said one person was being transported to a hospital. The extent of any injuries was not immediately clear. The identity of the victim also was not clear.
Additional details were not immediately available.
It was not clear how many people were in the store, Harbour Hill Dry Cleaners, when the accident occurred.
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