An early morning accident sent a Riverhead man to the hospital with a head injury, according to Riverhead Town Police. READ
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The driver and passenger of a Chevrolet Traverse escaped serious injury after a rollover crash at the intersection of Reeves and Horton Avenues Tuesday afternoon, according to Riverhead Town police. READ
Update 2:30 p.m.: Southampton Town police have identified the driver involved in Friday’s Northampton car accident.
UPDATE Saturday 10:20 a.m.: The driver charged in Friday afternoon’s fatal crash in Northampton succumbed to his injuries Saturday morning, Southampton Town police said. READ
Power was knocked out to an indeterminate number of Jamesport homes after a man’s vehicle flipped over on Main Road around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, taking down a power line, Riverhead Town police said. READ
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | A Riverhead detective investigates the scene of the East Main Street car accident that seriously injured an elderly pedestrian Monday afternoon.
Update: Police have identified the pedestrian struck and seriously injured Monday afternoon on East Main Street as 63-year-old Daniel Locastro of Riverhead.
The driver was identified by police as Barbara Guerin, 76, also of Riverhead.
Police said no criminality was suspected in the crash.
Original story: An elderly man crossing the street near Town Hall in Riverhead was struck by a car Monday afternoon and rushed to the hospital with serious injuries, Riverhead Town police said.
The man was crossing East Main Street near the intersection of Howell Avenue about 5:10 p.m. when he was hit by a green Hyundai Sonata sedan headed west, said Lt. David Lessard.
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Ambulance volunteers rush the elderly victim to the hospital.
The victim suffered “serious injuries” in the crash, Lt. Lessard said. The man’s pulse stopped at the scene, but Riverhead ambulance volunteers were able to revive him using CPR, police at the scene said.
The victim was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center by ambulance volunteers, Lt. Lessard said. Police at the scene said no arrests had been made, though the investigation was still ‘preliminary.’
Police closed East Main Street between Fischel Avenue and Prospect Place while they investigated the scene of the accident. The site of the crash was taped off, with two brown shoes still lying in the street.
One onlooker said he didn’t see the crash itself, but saw the victim lying in the road “and they weren’t even moving.”
“It’s crazy,” said Charles Davis, a local Reverend and resident.
Others watching the scene said cars travel too quickly down this stretch of East Main Street populated with two apartment complexes and a cluster of shops.
“[Drivers] are flying by here,” said Theadora Cohen, who lives up the road from the site of the accident. Several pedestrians have been struck and injured or killed near the scene of Friday’s crash in recent years, she said.
“They have to put up speed limit signs or something,” Ms. Cohen said. “They have to save lives here.”
A 65-year-old Ridge man sustained non-life threatening injuries after crashing into a utility pole in Calverton early Saturday morning, Riverhead Town Police said.
A Riverhead police officer on a patrol in Calverton noticed a vehicle in the woods on the south side of Route 25, just west of Edwards Avenue, about 2:30 a.m., police said.
Upon inspection officers found the driver, Kenneth Fariello, conscious but dazed, police said. Riverhead Ambulance volunteers responded to the scene, finding Mr. Fariello’s condition was diminishing.
Riverhead Fire Department volunteers were called to the scene to assist in extricating Mr. Fariello from the vehicle, according to a report.
Mr. Fariello was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center, and was later transferred to Stony Brook University Medical Center for non-life threatening injures, police said.
It was determined the vehicle, a Nissan pickup truck, was traveling westbound on Route 25 and left the road at some point, striking a utility pole and a dirt embankment before it came to rest in a small patch of woods, according to a report.
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | A speed limit sign on the ground where a Dodge pickup truck crashed early Saturday morning in Aquebogue.
A Cutchogue man was killed after losing control of his pickup truck and crashing into a tree on Sound Avenue early Saturday morning, Riverhead Town Police said.
Rigoberto Boror, 35, was traveling westbound on Sound Avenue when he lost control of his blue Dodge pickup truck, crashing into a tree on the north side of the lane, police said. The single-car accident happened just west of West Lane in Aquebogue, according to a report.
Mr. Boror was trapped inside the vehicle, sustaining severe injuries, police said.
Riverhead Fire Department volunteers, Riverhead Ambulance Corps and a Suffolk County Police Department MedEvac helicopter responded to the scene, officials said. Mr. Boror was transported by ambulance to Peconic Bay Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
Anyone who may have witnessed the accident is asked to contact the Riverhead Police Detective Division at 727-4500 extension 332.