Crime & Safety
Yorktown Heights FD Rescues 1 Person After Car Goes Into Creek
Nearly two dozen Yorktown Heights volunteer firefighters responded to the scene of the accident.
YORKTOWN, NY — One person was taken to the hospital Tuesday after the car in which they were traveling went off the road and into a creek.
Around 6 p.m., the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department, along with the Yorktown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps paramedics and the Yorktown Police Department, responded to a report of a car in the water on Baptist Church Road.
Officials said they found a car that had rolled over and fallen into the creek after leaving the roadway.
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Fire and emergency medical personnel were able to get down to the person in the car and get them out using a rescue basket.
Officials said the person was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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