1 Person Injured After Car Is Struck, Pinned Under Train: MTA PD

BAYPORT, NY — One person was seriously injured Tuesday after a Long Island Railroad train hit and pinned a car in Bayport, MTA police said.

According to MTA police, a 10:22 a.m. westbound Montauk branch train from Patchogue, due in Babylon at 10:52 a.m., hit an unauthorized vehicle on Bayport Avenue Crossing. The car and at least one passenger were heavily lodged under the train, and it took Bayport firefighters and police 18 minutes to rescue them from the vehicle, the Bayport Fire Department said.

The passenger was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where they are being treated with advanced life support and are in serious condition, Community Ambulance said. No commuters onboard the train or the train engineer were injured, EMS said.

One eye-witness claimed the crash, "sounded like a big box truck hitting a pothole."

The Bayport Fire Department and Suffolk Police were also on the scene.

Train service was temporarily suspended east of Sayville, but has now been restored, LIRR announced on Twitter.

UPDATE: A previous version of this story said that it took paramedics, not firefighters and police, 18 minutes to rescue the passenger from the vehicle. It also stated that the incident took place in Sayville. The Bayport FD has since confirmed that the incident took place in Bayport.