Two Injured in Sag Harbor Crash After Driver Falls Asleep

One of the two poles that a Mercedes-Benz S.U.V. struck after the driver apparently fell asleep behind the wheel on Sunday morning.

Jan. 18, 2015

Taylor K. Vecsey

Two people were injured when the driver of a Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicle fell asleep and it struck two poles on Route 114 on Sunday morning, Sag Harbor Fire Chief James Frazier said.

The Fire Department and Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps were called to the area of 765 Route 114, near the Forever Bungalows, at 6:21 a.m. Chief Frazier said the S.U.V. did not roll over, but there was "quite a bit of damage to the right front" of the vehicle. The airbags had deployed.

The driver and passenger were taken to Southampton Hospital. Their conditions were not yet released.

The Mercedes had been headed toward East Hampton from Sag Harbor, Chief Frazier said. The road was closed for a short period of time. One of the poles was destroyed, and it was being replaced midmorning.