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. </p>
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Jul 5, 2017, 3:16 PM
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Updated 2,864 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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