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The driver of one of two SUVs that collided head-on near the intersetion of Stephen Hands Path and Two Holes of Water Road had to be cut out of his vehicle by East Hampton Fire Department's Heavy Rescue Squad.
The driver of one of two SUVs that collided head-on near the intersetion of Stephen Hands Path and Two Holes of Water Road had to be cut out of his vehicle by East Hampton Fire Department's Heavy Rescue Squad.
The driver of one of two SUVs that collided head-on near the intersetion of Stephen Hands Path and Two Holes of Water Road had to be cut out of his vehicle by East Hampton Fire Department's Heavy Rescue Squad.
The driver of one of two SUVs that collided head-on near the intersetion of Stephen Hands Path and Two Holes of Water Road had to be cut out of his vehicle by East Hampton Fire Department's Heavy Rescue Squad.
The driver of one of two SUVs that collided head-on near the intersetion of Stephen Hands Path and Two Holes of Water Road had to be cut out of his vehicle by East Hampton Fire Department's Heavy Rescue Squad.
The driver of one of two SUVs that collided head-on near the intersetion of Stephen Hands Path and Two Holes of Water Road had to be cut out of his vehicle by East Hampton Fire Department's Heavy Rescue Squad.
The driver of one of two SUVs that collided head-on near the intersetion of Stephen Hands Path and Two Holes of Water Road had to be cut out of his vehicle by East Hampton Fire Department's Heavy Rescue Squad.
The driver of one of two SUVs that collided head-on near the intersetion of Stephen Hands Path and Two Holes of Water Road had to be cut out of his vehicle by East Hampton Fire Department's Heavy Rescue Squad.
A head-on collision between two SUVs on Wednesday morning, August 4, closed Stephen Hands Path for more than an hour — adding to snarled traffic that hampered emergency crews from even responding to the scene.
The two vehicles collided just after 11 a.m. near the notoriously hazardous intersection of Stephen Hands Path and Two Holes of Water Road.
Both vehicles — a Range Rover and a Chevrolet Suburban — sustained heavy damage and the driver of one had to be cut out of the vehicle by the East Hampton Fire Department Heavy Rescue Squad.
Fire Chief Gerard Turza Jr. said that the driver was transported by East Hampton Volunteer Ambulance to Southampton Hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The chief also said that the department’s response to the scene was “a nightmare” for the volunteer rescuers who had to navigate gridlocked traffic and an increasingly chronic problem with drivers not pulling out of the lanes of traffic when the volunteers’ vehicles with blue or green flashing lights — firefighters and rescue crews have blue lights, ambulance crews and Paramedics green — approach.
“It has really complicated our responses across the board,” Chief Turza said. “The traffic has been a nightmare and people are not pulling over for the blue or green lights and it’s made getting to scenes quickly a real challenge all summer long.”
Staff Writer on Aug 4, 2021