3 hurt in Mastic Beach crash involving EMS SUV, cops say
A firefighter at the scene of a crash involving a Mastic Beach EMS vehicle and another vehicle around 10 a.m. Monday, March 14, 2016. Credit: John Walthers
A Mastic Beach Fire Department emergency responder and at least two other people were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries after an EMS sport utility vehicle was involved in a crash while responding to a call Monday morning, officials said.
The accident occurred on Neighborhood Road, in front of Mastic Beach Village Hall, at 10:10 a.m.
Suffolk County police said that after being involved in a collision with a Toyota, the SUV may have been struck by a second vehicle — then careened into a bench, striking someone sitting there. All injuries were minor, police said.
Photos from the scene show the EMS SUV with front-end damage and show the Toyota with front-end damage, as well. Police said the EMT and a passenger in the EMS SUV were injured, as was the person on the bench.
No one was charged in the crash.
Police said the vehicles were later towed.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
