Crime & Safety

Electrician Seriously Hurt In Ladder Fall On Long Island: Police

The worker was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where he is undergoing surgery on his ankle, Suffolk police say.

BOHEMIA, NY — An electrician was seriously hurt on Monday morning after falling from a ladder in Bohemia, Suffolk police said.

Emergency personnel used a tourniquet before the man was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where he is undergoing surgery, according to police.

The injury is non-life-threatening, police said.

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It happened at VJ Technologies, an industrial building on Carlough Road, at around 8:15 a.m., according to police.

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