{"id":32181,"date":"2025-03-11T09:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T09:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/?p=32181"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:17:35","slug":"what-should-i-do-immediately-following-a-car-accident-on-long-island-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/what-should-i-do-immediately-following-a-car-accident-on-long-island-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"What should I do immediately following a car accident on Long Island, New York?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you suffer a car accident, pull over in a safe spot and stop to exchange information with the other driver. Do what you can to help any victims, and call 911 if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Next, call the Suffolk or Nassau County PD to report the accident. Take multiple photos and videos of the accident scene. You\u2019ll also need to submit a written accident report to the NY Department of Motor Vehicles if your accident involves an injury or property damage above $1,000. Finally, call our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/7-mistakes-to-avoid-after-a-car-accident-in-new-york\/\">car accident<\/a> law firm for a free case consultation and strategy session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you suffer a car accident, pull over in a safe spot and stop to exchange information with the other driver. Do what you can to help any victims, and call 911 if necessary. Next, call the Suffolk or Nassau County PD to report the accident. Take multiple photos and videos of the accident scene. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-32181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faq","tag-car-accidents"],"meta_box":{"video_link":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hlgny.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}