January 23, 2012

3 exposed to carbon monoxide at restaurant


Three people were taken by ambulance from a Great Neck restaurant and bakery to hospitals to be treated for carbon monoxide exposure and nine others were treated at the scene, a fire department chief said.
After treatment, none of those exposed were believed to be in life-threatening condition, police said.
A 20-year-old workman at Bruce's Restaurant and Bakery, 34 Middle Neck Rd., was first reported to be having seizures, according to the chief of the Great Neck Vigilant Fire company. The first fire department responders recorded unusually high levels of carbon monoxide gas in the building.
The bakery and restaurant were evacuated and the semiconscious 20-year-old was taken by ambulance to be treated at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow. Two others in the building were transported by ambulance to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. Others were treated at the scene using oxygen therapy.
This was the second large carbon monoxide incident in the area this month.
Thirty-nine midshipmen at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Park were treated at hospitals for carbon monoxide exposure in January. The cause of the exposure was traced to a faulty hot water system that serviced the barracks.
Bruce's restaurant and bakery was closed after the incident and a plumber was on site to try to determine the source of the gas. Management of the restaurant and bakery could not be reached to comment.

Cops: 1 airlifted to hospital after crash


A woman whose car was hit by a dump truck as she left the Brookhaven Animal Shelter was airlifted to Stony Brook University Medical Center, Suffolk County police said.
A police spokeswoman did not have an update on the woman's condition but said the injuries were "nonlife threatening."
Police said the woman was driving a Mercedes and her car was struck by a dump truck as she left the shelter on Horseblock Road.

Reporter hurt at press event suing Nassau


A journalist who fell backward in her wheelchair while boarding a bus at a New Year's Day press event has filed legal papers against Nassau County.
The 42 year old writer was trying to roll her wheelchair up a bus ramp at a news conference for the county's new bus system when her wheelchair flipped backward, slamming her head against the depot tarmac. She  announced at a Garden City news conference that she has served legal notice of her intent to sue Nassau County.
The woman's lawyer says he is seeking clarity on whether Nassau County was still responsible for the bus at the time of the accident. Veolia Transportation took over the county's bus system, now called Nassau Inter-County Express, that day.

January 8, 2012

Cops: One dead in Southern State crash


A vehicle skidded off the Southern State Parkway and hit a tree, killing one person, state police said.
The crash occurred as the car, carrying a husband and wife, was traveling westbound on the parkway near Exit 30 in North Massapequa, police said.
The husband was killed, but police  could not identify him. The wife, whose identity also was not made available, was treated at Nassau University Medical Center for minor injuries and released

Man killed trying to cross Central Islip road

Another person has been killed while trying to cross a busy Suffolk road.
The latest accident happened at Motor Parkway and Oakland Avenue near Route 111 in Central Islip.
Police say a man was crossing Motor Parkway when he was hit by a car. The 62 year old man, of Central Islip, died at the scene.

2 hurt in car-van crash on Peninsula Blvd.


Two people have been injured, one of them seriously, in a two-car crash on Peninsula Boulevard in West Hempstead this morning.
Police say a car and van collided at the intersection of Peninsula Boulevard and Southern State Parkway.
The drivers' names have not been released. No charges have been filed in the accident.