Officials: Mom, 4 children hurt in Melville car crash

A mother and her four children were taken to Huntington Hospital with minor injuries Saturday after their car skidded off a road and hit a tree in Melville, officials said.

The mother was driving on Bagatelle Road near Sorrel Hill Court at about 5:20 p.m. when the accident occurred, said Steve Silverman, spokesman for Melville Fire Department. Her car wound up in the woods, Suffolk County police said.

Two ambulances and a rescue truck responded to assist the driver and her children.