4 officers treated after LIE hazmat situation

<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none;">A hazmat situation on the Long Island Expressway sent four Suffolk police officers to the hospital Wednesday morning.&nbsp;</p>

News 12 Staff

Jul 5, 2017, 3:16 PM

Updated 2,486 days ago

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A hazmat situation on the Long Island Expressway sent four Suffolk police officers to the hospital Wednesday morning. 
Police say pool chemicals in the back of a pool company truck interacted with one another and caught fire.
Chopper 12 was over the scene after the eastbound LIE was closed at Exit 63 around 9 a.m. 
Four officers were treated for chemical inhalation. The state Department of Environmental Conservation was called in to clean up the incident. 
The driver was ticketed for driving without a license.
 


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