Lakeview Ambulance Crash Leaves 2 Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on April 20, 2016

An ambulance crashed into a bridge over the Southern State Parkway in Lakeview on Wednesday, killing the driver and a passenger, New York State police said.

The ambulance was heading eastbound when it struck the Eagle Avenue overpass on the right shoulder at Exit 18 shortly after 12 p.m., police said.

The names of the victims were not immediately available. An EMT who was also on board was taken to Winthrop University Hospital for treatment of a broken leg and a concussion.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.