Suffolk County Police officer injured while responding to flooding
ISLIP, N.Y. -- Police on Long Island say an officer was hurt in a crash while responding to flooding Sunday.
It happened just after 11 a.m. on Sunrise Highway in Islip.
Suffolk County Police say an officer was helping with traffic control on the highway because of the flooding when a commercial van struck the passenger side of the police cruiser.
The officer was airlifted to a hospital and is expected to be OK.
Police say the 62-year-old truck driver was taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
