Grand and Demott [6-15-14]

Around 06:45 hours on the morning of June 15th the Baldwin Fire Department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with entrapment at the intersection of Grand and Demott Avenues. Baldwin Second Deputy Chief Michael Jazylo [2052] was among the first units to arrive on scene and confirmed the entrapment of one person inside the vehicle. Within minutes Baldwin Ladder 207 was on scene alongside members of Nassau County ESU extricating the victim from the front passenger seat. The extrication process lasted approximately fifteen to twenty minutes. The trapped passenger was one of four people inside the Mercedes Benz SUV which had struck a tree while going southbound on Grand Avenue. All four people were transported to area hospitals. Both Baldwin Fire Department ambulances and one ambulance from South Hempstead were among those utilized for transport. The sport utility vehicle was the only auto involved in the Father’s Day accident. The cause of the crash remained under investigation and all fire department units were under the command of Baldwin Chief of Department Craig Yanantuono [205].