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Accident victim flown to hospital

BETH YOUNG PHOTO | A man hurt in a Riverhead auto accident was flown from the high school to University Hospital.

One man was taken to Stony Brook University Medical Center by  helicopter after a car accident in Polish Town Saturday afternoon.

The man hit a parked car at the corner of Marcy Avenue and Parkway Street just before 2 p.m., said Riverhead Fire Chief Nick Luparella at Riverhead High School, where the helicopter landed at about 2:15 p.m. to pick up the man. He said no one else was injured in the accident.

Further information on the man’s identity or his injuries was not immediately available.