Brick façade collapses on several cars in Central Islip

Thursday, December 17, 2020
CENTRAL ISLIP, Suffolk County (WABC) -- Apparent strong winds caused a brick facade to collapse on top of several vehicles on Long Island.

It happened in an apartment building's parking lot on Hawthorne Avenue in Central Islip around 11:18 a.m. Thursday.
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Nearly the entire wall of bricks came tumbling down onto seven parked vehicles.

Suffolk County police say no one was injured in the collapse.

A huge pile of bricks could be seen on top of and strewn around in a huge pile on the ground.
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The Central Islip Fire Department also responded to the scene.

The Town of Islip Fire Marshal and Building Inspector were notified and are investigating the incident.



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