Driver Seriously Injured After Jeep Accident in Amagansett

A man was seriously injured when the Jeep he was driving flipped into the air and rolled onto its roof in Amagansett on Saturday afternoon.

Amagansett Fire Department Second Assistant Chief Bill Beckert said that the man was thrown from the vehicle. The Jeep had just crossed the Long Island Rail Road bridge on Cranberry Hole Road and landed several dozen feet beyond it. The accident was reported at about 4:50 p.m. Mr. Beckert said that the vehicle had been heading north on Cranberry Hole Road, having just turned off Montauk Highway.

The driver was the sole occupant of the vehicle. Mr. Beckert said that the department initially asked for a medevac helicopter to take him to the hospital. A Suffolk Police helicopter landed in a town-owned field not far from the crash site. However, the man was taken by ambulance instead to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center. No explanation was given; the helicopter was seen leaving Amagansett at about 5:25 p.m.

East Hampton Town police remained at the scene of the accident for at least an hour, keeping the bridge closed and diverting traffic onto nearby roads. Police Chief Michael Sarlo said that detectives had been sent to investigate and make a report, as is the case with motor vehicle accidents with serious injuries. 

Police have not issued a formal statement and have yet to release the name of the driver.