Emergency responder, driver hurt in crash, officials say

An emergency responder and another driver were both taken to the hospital Sunday night after their vehicles crashed on Express Drive North in Ronkonkoma, police and fire officials said.

Video from the crash scene showed the emergency responder vehicle partially on top of the other vehicle.

Officials said the crash occurred at the intersection with Ocean Avenue just before 9:30 p.m. and said it involved a private vehicle and an emergency responder SUV belonging to the Lakeland Fire Department.

Fire officials said the two drivers, whose identities were not released, were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The types of injuries were not disclosed.

Police said the accident does not appear criminal.

By John Valenti

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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.”