4 Taken To Hospital After Boat Collision In Great South Bay

BAY SHORE, NY — Four people were taken to South Shore University Hospital after two boats collided in Great South Bay near Bay Shore Marina on Saturday night, said Suffolk County Deputy Fire Coordinator Jamie Atkinson.

At about 11:14 p.m., the two boats collided about one-quarter mile south of the marina, and the operators were able to make it to two different marinas without assistance, Atkinson said.

One boat went to Bay Shore Marina where the Bay Shore Fire Department and Bay Shore Brightwaters Rescue Ambulance responded, said Atkinson, adding, that the two passengers on board were treated then transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore with “minor injuries.”

The second boat, which had five passengers, went to the East Islip Marina, where the East Islip Fire Department and Exchange Ambulance responded, said Atkinson, adding that two people onboard “reported minor injuries.”

Both patients were treated at the scene and were transported by ambulances from the Exchange and East Islip Fire Department ambulance companies, to South Shore University Hospital also, according to Atkinson.

The Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau along with coordinators from the Suffolk County Department of Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services also responded to both locations.