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Bicyclist in Farmingville Seriously Injured After Hitting Tree

This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.

Farmingville, NY - On Saturday, November 7th just after 3:00 P.M., the Farmingville FD was alerted to a male bicyclist who hit a tree in the woods behind Brookhaven Town Hall on Independence Drive. The patient was seriously injured and had to be removed with assistance from Selden FD's ATV (gator), which was able to go into woods. Thanks to a combined effort by all firefighters on scene, the patient was placed in a stokes stretcher and then put on the gator and transported from the woods to an awaiting ambulance, where he was then transported to a local trauma center.

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CHRIS SABELLASenior Correspondent

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