Three Injured on Way to School

Update, Oct. 9: A 2005 Toyota driven by a mother taking two Ross School students to school was hit by a truck Friday morning while turning from Route 114 onto Goodfriend Drive in East Hampton.

The truck, a flatbed 2004 Chevrolet with scaffolding in the back, rolled over after it “clipped” the Toyota, according to Ken Wessberg, the East Hampton Fire Department’s first assistant chief, who responded to the call. “He didn’t see her at first. He cranked it to the right to get away from her,” Mr. Wessberg said.

The accident was reported to East Hampton Town police at 8:01 a.m.

The fire department was initially told one person was pinned inside the Toyota. The heavy-rescue squad responded, but when fire personnel arrived on scene, everyone was out of the vehicles.

Jill Burdge, 60, of East Hampton, and the two students, her daughter Elizabeth Burdge, 15, and Emma Engel, 16, were taken to Southampton Hospital by the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association. One of the students apparently suffered a head injury in the crash and was unconscious when the first witnesses got to the car, but was conscious upon arrival at the hospital.

“They were more shaken up than anything else,” Mr. Wessberg said. “They are very lucky.”

The driver of the truck, Tom O’Donoghue, 47, of Sag Harbor, was not injured. Police said no tickets were issued. The road was closed until the vehicles were towed away.

Original, Oct. 3: A vehicle driven by a mother taking two Ross School students to school was hit by a truck while making a turn from Route 114 onto Goodfriend Drive in East Hampton on Friday morning.

A flat-bed truck with scaffolding in the back rolled over when the driver "clipped" the woman's small car, according to Ken Wessberg, East Hampton Fire Department's first assistant chief. "He didn't see her at first. He cranked it to the right to get away from her," Mr. Wessberg said. The accident was reported at 8:02 a.m.

The fire department was initially told one person was pinned inside of the woman's car. A heavy-rescue squad responded, When fire personnel arrived on scene, everyone was out of the vehicles.

The woman and the two students were taken to Southampton Hospital by the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association. They were conscious when they arrived. "They were more shaken up than anything else," Mr. Wessberg said. "They are very lucky." One of the students apparently suffered a head injury in the crash and was unconscious when the first witnesses got to the car.

The driver of the pick-up was not injured, Mr. Wessberg said.

The road was closed until the vehicles were towed away.