Man falls off roof in Lynbrook

Lynbrook firefighters and police officers responded to a call for a man who fell from his roof on Carpenter Street in Lynbrook.

Courtesy Bill Bennett

On August 20, the homeowner of a house on Carpenter Avenue in Lynbrook was on a ladder on the outside second floor landing attempting to paint his outside attic trim when the ladder gave way and the man fell to the flat roof on the second floor. He was knocked unconscious and suffered neck and back injuries.  

Lynbrook Fire Chief Edward Hynes responded to the scene and requested  a response from Nassau County Police EMS while LFD’s emergency medical company was  busy on another emergency call. He also requested a response by Truck Company’s Unit 427 to help remove the man from the roof. 

Just as Truck Company arrived at the house, the man awoke and crawled back into the window on the second floor.  The man was treated inside the room on the second floor, but due to a tight staircase it would have been very difficult to carry the man on a stretcher down the stairs.  The man was placed on a backboard and then into a basket and was passed out the window by firefighters onto the bucket of 427. 

The man was then lowered to the ground where NCPD EMS took the man to South Nassau. His injuries were not serious.  Additional firefighters from Engine Company also assisted.