Car hits ambulance, causing other crashes
An ambulance from the Mastic Beach Volunteer Ambulance Corps overturned after a collision with two other vehicles on the northbound William Floyd Parkway at Surrey Circle in Shirley. (Aug. 11, 2011) Credit: James Carbone
An ambulance taking two people to a hospital was hit by a car in Shirley Thursday night, causing several other crashes, police said.
The ambulance was traveling north on William Floyd Parkway at about 8:24 p.m. when it was struck by a BMW car traveling west on Surrey Circle, police said.
The ambulance rolled over and skidded into the median, police said. Other vehicles tried to avoid that collision, but several secondary crashes resulted, police said.
Two people from the ambulance and one person from the BMW were taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue, police said. Four others were treated at the scene. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, police said.
Suffolk police were still investigating Thursday night, but there were no arrests, police said.
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