MARCH 2, 2015
NORTH HAVEN, NEW YORK
A man working construction in North Haven was medevaced to
Stony Brook University Hospital on Friday morning after being injured in a
fall.
At approximately 9 a.m. Friday morning a man working on a
house at 19 South Harbor Drive “took a long fall and fell into a hole,”
according to Sag Harbor Fire Chief Jim Frazier. He fell from over 10 feet, the
chief said.
Rescue workers managed to carry the man out of the hole, the
botton of which Chief Frazier said was frozen and hard.
“He was conscious but in a lot of pain,” Chief Frazier said,
adding that he was not sure the extent of his injuries.
He was then transported to Havens Beach, where they were met
with a helicopter which took off toward Stony Brook a little after 10 a.m.