8 injured after ambulance accident in Babylon

Eight people were taken to hospitals, all with minor injuries, after an ambulance and car collided Thursday afternoon in Babylon, Suffolk County police said.

The ambulance, which was transporting a patient, was traveling south on Frederick Avenue just before 3 p.m. when it collided at an intersection with a car traveling west on Park Avenue, police said.

A man, woman and child in the car were taken to hospitals, as were three fire department members, a Suffolk County police officer and the patient, and no citations were issued, police said.

Further details were not immediately available.