Peninsula Boulevard [7-15-13]

On the hot and humid afternoon of July 15th the Rockville Centre Fire Department and Nassau County Emergency Services Unit 2421 were alerted to a reported motor vehicle accident with possible pin. The location of the accident was stated to be on Peninsula Boulevard in front of Mercy Hospital. When the first units arrived on scene they confirmed the entrapment and advised the tool would be needed. Rockville Centre firefighters and NCPD ESU officers worked to extricate one victim from their Toyota sedan. The victim was then transported in NCPD County Ambulance 2375. Two other people were injured in the two car accident and it is believed one of the aided walked themselves into the emergency room of nearby Mercy Hospital. Rockville Centre Engine 441 was on the scene and stretched one line for precautionary measures. Within a few minutes the victim was extricated and all victims transported. All fire department units were under the command of Rockville Centre Chief John Thorp III.