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Multiple Cars Stuck Under Overpass on LIE in Queens

FDNY is responding to a report of multiple cars stuck under the overpass of Springfield Boulevard on the Long Island Expressway in Queens. The entire highway is shut down, and a request was made for DOT to respond.

Location
Springfield Boulevard on the LIE

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Updates

  1. Radio Ladder 167 confirmed its location and acknowledged a new assignment to a person stuck in a car in flood water at Douglaston Parkway and 65th Avenue.
  2. Multiple Cars Stuck Under Overpass on LIE in Queens
  3. Radio Ladder 167 and Engine 274 were given specific driving directions to reach the scene.
  4. Radio Heard: "10 four, battalion class three. 53. We also have one 67 on the box. You want them to come in in any certain direction? Try to avoid the that top traffic. If they can..."
  5. Radio Units reported multiple cars stuck under the overpass and that the highway is shut down; DOT was requested.

Units on this call

Engine 274 Ladder 167

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