Great risks are faced by firefighters, police officers, EMS workers, and public works/highway workers every single day as they operate on the roadway. Hauppauge, NY crash leaves 4 hurt, including 2 police officers as they try to perform a traffic stop

Hauppauge crash leaves 4 hurt, including 2 police officers

Monday, July 27, 201

 

HAUPPAUGE (WABC) --

Two police officers attempting to perform a traffic stop on Long Island Sunday night were injured when their patrol car was struck by another vehicle.

The incident happened around 10 p.m. on Wicks Road in Hauppauge.

Officials say two Suffolk County officers were pulling over a vehicle when another car pulled out in front of them from a side street.

The vehicles collided, and the civilian car spun off the road.

One of the officers suffered wrist pain and the other knee pain. Both were treated and released from Southside Hospital.

The driver and a passenger in the other car were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries.

There is no word on the whereabouts of the car that the cops were trying to pull over and for what reason.

EMS PERSONNEL ARE AT HIGH RISK OF INJURY FROM OTHER DRIVERS WHILE THEY ASSIST ACCIDENT VICTIMS:

Great risks are faced by firefighters, police officers, EMS workers, and public works/highway workers every single day as they operate on the roadway.

The statistics show that EMS personnel, firefighters, troopers, tow-truck drivers are at a high risk of injury from other drivers at the scene of an accident or on their way to accident scenes.  Flashing lights, reflective clothing, signs, warnings do not seem to protect the EMS personnel from negligent or reckless drivers.

Slow down during bad weather and reduce your speed as you approach emergency vehicles working on the highway

Also, please yield to EMS vehicles as many collisions have occurred between EMS vehicles and other vehicles as they rush to respond to emergency situations.