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Local Fire Department Responds To Seaman’s Creek Jet Ski Accident BY KEVIN REGAN
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t approximately 7:10 p.m. on Friday, June 25, the Wantagh FD received a call for a report of a jet ski accident, with two people in the water at Seaman’s Creek in the vicinity of the The patient being treatfirst bridge on the Wantagh Parkway. ed by EMS personnel from the Wantagh Fire Rescues 3 and 5, Marine One and the Department Dive Team respond- (Photo by Kevin Regan) ed. The 28-year-old female victim arrived at the boat ramp and was quickly evaluated by EMS personnel and found to be conscious with serious injuries to her head and leg, therefore a helicopter from the Nassau County Police Department was requested to expedite transfer to the hospital. See the rest of the story on page 10. Massapequa Observer (USPS 977-760)
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