Update: Driver Faces D.W.I. Charge in Friday Night Crash

Update, June 22, 10:50 a.m.: The head-on collision that occurred in East Hampton on Friday night was caused by a drunken driver, according to East Hampton Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo. 

He confirmed on Monday that the crash took place on Route 114, near Swamp Road, when Elmar Hernandez Cruz, 20, of East Hampton, the driver of a 1999 Dodge, hit a 2015 Chevy Suburban. The driver was extricated from the Dodge by heavy rescue squads from the Sag Harbor and East Hampton Fire Departments and flown to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was charged with driving while intoxicated. He will be arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court at a later date due to his injuries. 

Two occupants in the Suburban were transported to Southampton Hospital with minor injuries, Chief Sarlo said. 

Originally, June 19, 9:22 p.m.: A head-on collision was reported on Route 114 in East Hampton on Friday night, leaving at least one person trapped inside a vehicle. 

The accident occured near a bend in Route 114 near Swamp Road, just before 8:55 p.m. It was unclear how many were injured, but a medevac helicopter was called to land at the East Hampton Airport to fly one person to Stony Brook University Hospital, the nearest trauma center. 

The East Hampton Fire Department, the Sag Harbor Fire Department, and the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association responded, along with East Hampton Town police. The accident was on the border of the East Hampton and Sag Harbor's Fire Districts. 

Traffic was being diverted off Route 114. 

Check back for more information as it becomes available.