Crime & Safety
Car Goes Airborne on Merrick Road
Three injured after their vehicle hit snowbank, flew 70 feet through the air.
Three of four people in a vehicle allegedly speeding down Merrick Road near in Lynbrook early on New Year's Eve morning were injured and taken to the hospital after their car struck a snow bank, catapulting the car into the air and landing over 70 feet away in another snow bank.
The , under the command of First Deputy Chief Mike Hynes, responded to the scene with Ambulance Unit 425A from the Emergency Medical Company and Tally-Ho Engine 423. With three injured, two Nassau County Police ambulances also responded, transporting the three occupants — who suffered only minor injuries — to area hospitals.
Lynbrook police also on the scene said that the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel. A tow truck later pulled the car off the snow bank. Firefighters were at the scene for about 45 minutes.
Grogan is an Ex-Captain with the Lynbrook Fire Department.
