Fatality at Nesconset Head-on

The Nesconset Fire Department was dispatched for an MVArequiring heavy rescue on Middle Country Road and ArthurDrive on June 8, 2023. Upon arrival, 4-4-30 requested two ambulances and Rescue 9 forthe two-vehicle head-on. The vehicle doorwas shortly opened and one victim was extracted in traumatic arrest and transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The driverof the othervehicle was transported with serious injuries.

- Fire News photos by Evan Rolla

On June 13, 2023, at 1528, Setauket Fire Department responded to the intersection of Nicolls Road and Route 347 fora reported MVAinvolving an overturned ambulance. Units from Setauket, Stony Brook, and Stony Brook University made it on scene in minutes. Multiple patients were transported, some with serious injuries.