Car in Islip Terrace catches fire; 1 arrested

Saturday, February 18, 2017
ISLIP TERRACE, Long Island (WABC) -- Police rescued three people from a burning car in Islip Terrace and arrested one man overnight.

After 3:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the Suffolk County Police Highway Patrol, Jon Moser was driving a 2008 Nissan southbound on Craig B. Gariepy Avenue and the Sunrise Highway North Service Road when he crashed into a concrete divider.
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The vehicle became fully engulfed in flames, and three Highway Patrol officers and a Good Samaritan pulled all three men, who were unconscious, out of the vehicle. Firefighters from the Islip Terrace Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire.
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Moser, 27, of Shirley, and one passenger were taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore. The other passenger was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for treatment. All had non-life-threatening injuries.

Moser was charged with driving while intoxicated.
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