6 people taken to the hospital following two-vehicle crash in Islip
The Islip Fire Department and Exchange Ambulance of the Islips responded to the call for a motor vehicle crash with possible heavy rescue.
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Six people were transported to the hospital after a crash in Islip Thursday night.
The Islip Fire Department and Exchange Ambulance of the Islips responded to the call for a motor vehicle crash with possible heavy rescue at Union Blvd. and Islip Ave.
Suffolk police tell News 12 a 2004 Buick sedan and a 2023 Honda sedan collided at the intersection around 9 p.m.
Upon arrival, rescuers encountered multiple injured patients and a trapped driver in one of the vehicles.
Islip fire crews used a Hurst tool to cut the victim from their car to then be taken by EMS to be treated at the hospital.
Both drivers, a 57-year-old Commack man and a 74-year-old Islip man, along with their four adult passengers were transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for non-life-threatening injuries, police say.
