Four members of the Elmont Fire Department drill competition racing team were injured, one seriously, when they fell off a racing truck during a practice session Tuesday night in North Woodmere, police and fire officials said.
Three of the injured firefighters were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, the other to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.
Three of the firefighters are in stable condition Wednesday. One of the firefighters, who suffered head trauma, remained in serious condition in Jamaica.
A fire district spokesman said the department would not release the names of the injured men, citing privacy laws.
Nassau County police said the accident is under investigation, and details were expected to be made available soon.
The four volunteers were at a training facility on Hungry Harbor Road in North Woodmere at 7:24 p.m., when they were injured, police said.
"In the course of a fire department drill team training exercise an accident occurred, injuring four of our members," the department said in a statement released Wednesday.
"Our first concern is for the well being of our brother firefighters and our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families as they deal with their injuries."
"This accident will undergo a routine investigation by the Nassau County Police Department," the statement said, "and as such, it would be inappropriate to comment further until this investigation has been undertaken and completed."
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
