(Update: 4:30 p.m.) Police have identified the jogger who was struck and killed this morning on Main Road in Laurel as James Callaghan, 49, of Jamesport.
Police said the cause of the accident is still under investigation, but it appears Callaghan was lying in the roadway when he was struck by two westbound vehicles. Investigators are considering the possibility that Callaghan was first struck by a vehicle that left the scene or that some type of medical condition or emergency caused him to be on the roadway.
The pre-dawn accident took place at about 5:46 a.m. in heavy fog conditions, a detective at the scene said earlier today.
Callaghan was pronounced dead at the scene. Southold Town Police officers and detectives, Suffolk County District Attorney’s vehicular crime bureau, the county crime lab, the police crime scene and emergency services sections and the county medical examiner’s office all responded to the scene for this investigation, Southold police said in a press release.
Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call Southold Town Police detectives at 631-765-2600.
Callaghan was an avid runner who participated in area footraces such as the Jamesport Sound to Bay 10K.
(Update: 11:28 a.m.) Main Road remains closed in Laurel as police investigate a fatal accident just east of the Riverhead Town line early this morning.
A male jogger was hit by two vehicles at approximately 5:45 this morning, and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Southold Town Police. There was a heavy fog condition at the time of the accident, said Southold Lt. James Ginas.
The investigation is ongoing and no further information is available at this time, police said in a press release issued at 11 a.m.
Southold Police ask anyone with information about the accident to call 631-765-2600.
Eastbound traffic is being diverted to Sound Avenue at Herricks Lane.
Original story:
Main Road in Laurel is closed to traffic in both directions due to a fatal motor vehicle accident early this morning.
A pedestrian was struck and killed near the Laurel Post Office just east of the town line early this morning, according to police.
Riverhead Police, Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance and a Jamesport Fire Department heavy rescue unit were initially dispatched to the scene shortly before 6 a.m. to find the accident took place just inside Southold’s jurisdiction. Southold Police and Mattituck Fire Department responded.
Riverhead Police are diverting eastbound traffic north on Herrick’s Lane to Sound Avenue. Southold Police have closed Main Road to westbound traffic east of the accident scene.
No further information was immediately available.
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