Injuries Reported After Rollover in East Hampton Village
Update, Nov. 20: East Hampton Village police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that caused one of them to roll over on the afternoon of Nov. 12 after one of the drivers apparently ran a red light. A Subaru rolled over several times after it was struck on its driver’s side by a Ford pickup truck at the intersection of Newtown and Cooper Lanes at about 2:30 p.m., Chief Gerard Larsen said last week.
It took East Hampton Fire Department volunteers about 45 minutes to extricate Donna Symer, 51, of East Hampton from the Subaru, which came to rest on its driver’s side. She was then airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Patrick Bezubek, 54, of Lauraville, Fla., and his passenger were taken to Southampton Hospital. Chief Larsen said neither driver admitted to having come upon a red light. Mr. Bezubek had been driving down Cooper Lane from Cedar Street, and Ms. Symer was driving on Newtown Lane, when the accident occurred. Police checked the light and believe that it was functioning properly at the time of the accident, Chief Larsen said. Speed may have been a factor, he said. No tickets or charges were filed.
Update, 3:40 p.m.: A woman was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital after she was extricated from a Subaru that rolled over on Newtown Lane at Cooper Lane, in East Hampton Village on Wednesday afternoon, Police Chief Gerard Larsen said from the accident.
Chief Larsen said ambulance personnel told him the woman did not have life threatening injuries, but was being medevaced as a precaution. She had been inside the Subaru about 45 minutes after the crash, which also involved a Dodge four-door pick-up truck. The accident occurred at about 2:30 p.m., closing part of Newtown Lane.
Police are looking into whether one vehicle went through a red light.
Both vehicles were being towed.
Update, 3:20 p.m.: About 50 minutes after a van rolled over in East Hampton Village on Wednesady afternoon, the last remaining person inside has been extricated, East Hampton Village Police Chief Gerard Larsen said from the accident scene.
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Updated, 3:15 pm.: The East Hampton Fire Department's heavy rescue team is still working on extricating a victim from a vehicle that rolled over at the intersection fo Cooper Lane and Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village on Wednesday afternoon at about 2:30 p.m.
East Hampton Village Police Chief Gerard Larsen was at the scene of the crash, and said three people were injured, two of whom were already out of the car and had been transported to Southampton Hospital, and that two vehicles were involved. "Injuries do not appear to be life threatening," he said.
Original, 2:42 p.m. Emergency workers are responding to an accident in which a van reportedly rolled over on Cooper Lane and Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village on Wednesday afternoon at about 2:30 p.m.
Those arriving at the scene first reported a van on its side with one person trapped inside. The East Hampton Fire Department's heavy rescue squad was called to get the person out.
A second ambulance was requested from the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association, though the Amagansett Fire Department was also asked to respond with an ambulance. It was unclear if a third ambulance was needed.
East Hampton Village police are investigating the cause. No further information was immediately available.
Meanwhile, there was also an ambulance call at Theory on Newtown Lane in East Hampton at 2:35 p.m., and personnel from various departments were being summoned to handle it. A medevac has been called, but it is unclear if it was for the accident or the call to Theory.
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