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Bicyclist Airlifted After Crash

Thu, 10/15/2020 - 07:26

Joseph Serino of Manhattan, 66, was riding his bicycle on Toilsome Lane in East Hampton Saturday when he was struck by a 2005 Mercedes-Benz driven by Ty Olszewski of East Hampton. Village police said Mr. Serino was incoherent and bleeding severely from his head when they arrived. An ambulance was called, and he was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital at midday. The hospital had not released details on his condition as of Tuesday.

That evening, also in East Hampton Village, Manuel Rodriguez Merchan of Albuquerque, driving a 2006 Honda on Montauk Highway near Toilsome Lane, did not stop in time to avoid rear-ending a 2008 Hyundai driven by R.L. Sciortino Jr., 52, of Sunnyside. The Hyundai in turn ran into a 2010 Mazda ahead of him, driven by Hugo Quinche Pereira, 41, of Southampton. Mr. Pereira complained of whiplash causing neck pain, and Mr. Sciortino of back pain, but neither required medical attention at the scene.

In Springs last Thursday night, as he was turning left from Springs-Fireplace Road onto Fort Pond Boulevard, John Mezzina, 71, of East Hampton, failed to see a southbound 2016 Hyundai driven by M. Jacomeescudero, and struck its front right side. Mr. Mezzina complained of chest pain. Dereck Sanchez, Mr. Jacomeescudero's 11-year-old passenger, complained of pain in his stomach, but both declined medical attention.

Long Days on the Fire Line In Orange County

East Hampton and Amagansett firefighters volunteered to head north last week to help fight a 5,000-acre wildfire in Orange County, N.Y., not once but twice, battling unfamiliar terrain to do so. “They fight fires completely differently than we do when we have a brush fire,” the Amagansett chief said.

Nov 21, 2024

Awards for Good Policing in Handgun Scuffle

“It could have gone worse. We’re lucky that I have officers here that weren’t shot,” said Police Chief Jeff Erickson at Friday’s East Hampton Village Board meeting. Chief Erickson was recognizing Sgt. Wayne Gauger and Officers John Clark and Robbie Greene for a traffic stop on Aug. 31 that turned into a scuffle and the eventual confiscation of an illegal gun.

Nov 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 11.21.24

A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.

Nov 21, 2024

Head-On Collision on Route 27

A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.

Nov 21, 2024

 

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