By Ex-Chief Nicholas Luparella/Denise Civiletti riverhead local/photos by Pete Blasi Riverhead Local
May 26, 2016
A head-on collision on Sound Avenue in Riverhead shortly after 5 p.m. today injured three people, sending one person to Stony Brook University Hospital via helicopter. The crash has Sound Avenue closed in both directions between Osborn and Horton avenues. A westbound Ford sedan collided with an eastbound flatbed truck, injuring the three male occupants of the the sedan. The driver and front-seat passenger were were taken by Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Peconic Bay Medical Center. The back seat passenger was airlifted. None of the injuries appear to be life-threatening, according to police.Riverhead Fire Department Heavy Rescue responded to remove a door off the Ford.
