Pool Chemical Spills After Two-Car Accident in East Hampton

A small amount of a pool chemical spilled onto the road after a pool company's pickup truck and a car collided on Main Street in East Hampton Village on Wednesday just before 8:30 a.m. 

Village Police Chief Gerard Larsen said the Beach Hampton Pools truck had been traveling west on Main Street when the driver tried to make a left turn onto The Circle, just before a Chase Bank branch. The driver of the car, which was going east, did not see the truck turn in front of him and struck it on its passenger side. The car ended up partially on the sidewalk in front of Milly clothing store.

One of the drivers was taken to Southampton Hospital. Neither of the drivers' names were released.

Initially, police were concerned about roughly two pounds of calcium chloride that had spilled onto the road from the pool truck. Chief Larsen said police contacted the State Department of Environmental Conservation for guidance and were told the spill was not hazardous. The East Hampton Fire Department helped clean up the chemical, the chief said. 

Main Street was not closed to traffic.