3-Vehicle Crash With 1 Rollover On Sunrise Highway: Officials

WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY — At least two people were transported to area hospitals after a three-vehicle crash on the Sunrise Highway near the Westhampton Beach exit Monday night resulted in a rollover, fire officials said.

According to the Westhampton Beach Fire Department, the crash took place at 8:30 p.m. in the westbound lane and involved a sedan, an SUV, and a pickup. The driver of the pickup told officials that the driver of the sedan clipped his left rear fender and continued on before hitting the SUV, causing that vehicle to roll over onto the grass on the north side of the highway, the Westhampton Beach Fire Department said.

The "badly damaged" sedan came to rest on the median a few hundred yards down the road, officials said. Westhampton Beach Fire Department Second Assistant Chief Larry Saccente was the first fire official on scene and said all drivers and passengers, including the driver in the rollover, were out of their vehicles upon his arrival, the fire department said.

State Police told fire officials that one person was transported to Brookhaven Hospital and another to Peconic Bay Medical Center; their conditions are unknown, the Westhampton Fire Department said.

The Westhampton Beach Fire Department responded with an engine, a rescue truck, and a fire police vehicle; fire police blocked off one westbound lane during the incident, officials said. The New York State Police also responded, as well as the Westhampton War Memorial Ambulance Association, officials said.