Nassau Police Save Injured Hawk From Truck Bumper

Freeport NY

17 June, 2020

12:00 PM

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FREEPORT, NY — Two off-duty Nassau County police officers saved a hawk that was trapped in the front bumper of a truck in Freeport early Wednesday morning. According to police, Marine Bureau officers Schwaner and Leek were on their way to work together around 6:20 a.m. when they drove by a black Dodge Ram pickup truck parked near the intersection of Merrick Road and Buffalo Avenue that had a bird in its front bumper. The officers stopped to investigate, and found that the bird was a red-tailed hawk, and that it was still alive. The officers were able to remove the bird from the bumper and brought it to the Nassau County Police Marine Bureau base in Bay Park, where they contacted the Volunteers for Wildlife in Locust Valley. The volunteers came and took the bird from the police back to their facility, where it is being treated for its injuries.