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Woods Lane in East Hampton Village is closed while police reconstruct a car accident that sent a man to the hospital with severe injuries on Monday morning.
A man was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital’s trauma center following a head-on car accident between a tiny compact car and a commercial sized pickup truck on Woods Lane in East Hampton Village early Monday morning.
Woods Lane was still closed at 9:30 a.m. while police conducted the accident investigation. Traffic is being detoured at Georgica Road and Highway Behind the Lots.
The accident took place about 5:30 a.m. The vehicles involved were a SmartCar sub-compact and a Ford pickup truck. The SmartCar appeared at the scene to have struck the pickup truck on the driver’s side front, causing heavy damage to both vehicles.
East Hampton Village Police Chief Michael Tracey said that one of the vehicles appeared to have crossed over into the opposite lane of traffic, striking the other head-on.
Because of a delay in the availability of a medevac helicopter transport, the driver was taken by East Hampton Village Ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and then transported to Stony Brook University Hospital.
Further information on the injured man’s condition is not yet available.
Staff Writer on Sep 19, 2022