Sunday's Icy Roads Wreak Havoc in Huntington

The following information is via Steve Silverman of the Town of Huntington Fire Chiefs’ Council.

Black ice throughout Huntington caused by freezing rain wreaked havoc on area roads and surfaces early Sunday, causing numerous auto accidents and slips and falls. The winter weather brought the response of volunteer fire departments and ambulance squads, officials said.

There were several crashes reported on the Northern State Parkway throughout Dix Hills, Melville and Commack. More than a dozen ambulances were lined up in a logjam outside of the Huntington Hospital emergency room as patients were admitted and processed.

In one incident, a Melville Fire Department Rescue Squad ambulance returning from the hospital was requested to handle a call by the Huntington Community First Aid Squad for a slip and fall victim on Merriwind Drive in Huntington, officials said.

Melville’s crew arrived and called the Huntington Manor Fire Department for an assist to safely get the patient down the steep icy driveway. Firefighters applied an absorbent material to the driveway and used a rope to stabilize the stretcher as it was brought down the driveway.

Photos by Jim Milazzo

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