Woman, Daughter Rescued From Overturned Vehicle On LIE

A woman and her teenage daughter were rescued from an overturned vehicle on the Long Island Expressway on Saturday afternoon.

According to fire officials, a SUV carrying a woman, her 15-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son crashed into the woods, knocked over a light pole and overturned on the westbound side of the Long Island Expressway, west of Bagatelle Road in Melville, at 1:06 p.m.

A volunteer EMT with the Dix Hills Fire Department and a Suffolk Police detective drove past the crash and stopped to provide help. Officials say they arrived at the scene to find the son on the side of the road, who told the men his mother and sister were trapped in the vehicle.

The responders broke a side window, cut the mother free from the seat belt and freed the daughter. The EMT and detective assisted the family until the Melville Fire Department arrived to the scene.

All three family members were taken to Huntington Hospital with non-life threatening injuries by the Melville Rescue Squad.

Melville firefighters responded to the scene with two ambulances, a heavy rescue truck and a paramedic responder. The Hicksville Fire Department was on standby in Melville with an engine and ladder truck. Units were under the direction of Chief Chris Nolan and First Assistant Chief David Kaplan, according to PIO Steve Silverman.

Photos by Brian Bell