Car Flips on Peninsula, Pins Driver and Passenger

A driver traveling northbound on Peninsula Boulevard lost control of his car on Tuesday night, skidded off the road, flipped the vehicle and wrapped it around a tree, officials said.

According to Rockville Centre Fire Department Chief John Busching, the car was just north of the Lakeside Drive walk bridge when it flipped around 9 p.m., pinning the car's two passengers inside. He said when the car skidded off the road, it richocheted off one tree then wrapped itself around another. Both passengers were conscious when FD officials arrived on the scene, and Busching said they used the Jaws of Life to free both passengers.

Busching said it took about forty minutes to extricate them — they had to use eight hydrolic tools — and while the driver had minimal external injuries, the passenger had severe leg injuries. Floodlight Rescue Company, Alert Engine Company, Eureka Hook and Ladder, and Nassau County PD ESU worked in cooperation to free the two passengers.

The two people in the accident — two men in their 40s — were transported by a Rockville Centre Fire Department ambulance to Winthrop Hospital. Their current condition is unknown at this time.

Officials said they are unsure of how the car flipped, but the driver told on-scene responders that they were cut off by another car.

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