Bicyclist airlifted after Route 24 car crash
A man was airlifted to a local hospital Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a car while riding a bike on Route 24 in Flanders, Southampton Town police said.
The accident happened about 3:30 p.m. near Cypress Avenue, a few hundred feet east of County Road 105, police said. The cyclist, who was not identified by police, was then taken by Flanders Northampton ambulance volunteers to the County Center in Riverside.
Riverhead fire crews had cleared a landing zone just south of the County Center’s parking lot.
The injured man was airlifted by a county police helicopter to Stony Brook University Medical Center.
No information as to the extent of the man’s injuries was immediately available.
