Head-On Crash With Landscaping Truck in Dix Hills Sends 2 to Hospital

Two people were hospitalized following a head-on collision between a Mercedes-Benz and a landscaping truck in Dix Hills Saturday night.

According to fire officials, the collision occurred on Carlls Straight Path and the South Service Road at about 5:35 p.m. Two occupants inside the Mercedes-Benz sedan were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital by the Dix Hills Rescue Squad to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Two ambulances, a heavy rescue engine, paramedic and first responder units from the Dix Hills Fire Department responded to the scene. All units were under the direction of Company One lieutenant Terence Vierling.

Photos by Steve Silverman