Two Sent to Hospital After East Hampton Crash

A minivan involved a two-car crash on Cedar Street in East Hampton on Monday morning briefly burst into flames.

The accident took place between Stephen Hand's Path and Old Orchard Lane at about 8:25 a.m. Traffic was diverted for a time.

The East Hampton Fire Department responded with two engines, Second Assistant Chief Gerard Turza Jr. said. When firefighters arrived, they found a flames under the hood of the minivan, which was pressed against the driver's side door of a pickup truck. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames. All of the occupants were out of the vehicles before the first emergency personnel arrived on the scene.

Two people were taken to Southampton Hospital with minor injuries. Two East Hampton Village Ambulance Association ambulances transported the patients.

It wasn't immediately clear what cause the accident. After the vehicles were towed away, East Hampton Town police reopened the road to traffic.