Bicyclist in Farmingville Seriously Injured After Hitting Tree
By CHRIS SABELLA, Senior Correspondent | November 07, 2020 | NEW YORK
Story No. 110720108
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020 BICYCLIST HITS TREE IN WOODS
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020 BICYCLIST HITS TREE IN WOODS
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020 FARMINGVILLE AND SELDEN FD JOIN FORCES TO SAVE A CYCLIST FROM THE WOODS
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020 FARMINGVILLE AND SELDEN FD JOIN FORCES TO SAVE A CYCLIST FROM THE WOODS
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020FARMINGVILLE AND SELDEN FD JOIN FORCES TO SAVE A CYCLIST FROM THE WOODS
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020FARMINGVILLE AND SELDEN FD JOIN FORCES TO SAVE A CYCLIST FROM THE WOODS
Photo by Sabella/On Scene Photography 2020Gator rescue from the woods
Photo by SABELLA/ON SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY 2020Gator rescue from the woods
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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