Bicyclist Ticketed After East Hampton Village Accident

A bicyclist was injured, and then ticketed for failing to stop at a stop sign, after he was hit by a pickup truck in East Hampton Village on Thursday afternoon. 

East Hampton Village Police Capt. Mike Tracey said the driver of the pickup truck came down Mill Hill Lane and stopped at the stop sign at the corner of Main Street, near c/o the Maidstone, at about 2:45 p.m. The bicyclist also came down the hill, but ignored the stop sign and tried to pass the truck on the right, just as the truck was getting ready to turn right. "He went into the side of the truck," Captain Tracey said. The names of the bicyclist and driver were not immediately released. 

The bicycle came to rest underneath the two-door pickup, with some of its back tire and the seat sticking out from under the passenger side of the small truck. The bicyclist was lying on the ground being attended by members of the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association. He was taken to Southampton Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. 

"It could have been a lot worse — a lot worse," Captain Tracey said to a passer-by who had stopped to help. 

The cyclist was ticketed because he is required to stop at a stop sign, the captain said.