Update Oct. 10: Riverhead Police are seeking witnesses to or anyone with information about the accident at the corner of Northville Turnpike and Middle Road last night. Police are asking anyone with information to call police at 631-727-4500 ext. 313. The investigation into the incident is ongoing, police said in a press release issued early this morning. Police said the five RVAC crew members and the driver of the SUV, who were transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center were expected to be released from the emergency department.
Original story: A Riverhead ambulance on its way to Stony Brook University Hospital with a patient on board was involved in a T-bone collision with an SUV at the intersection of Northville Turnpike and Middle Road.
No one was seriously injured in the crash, which occurred shortly after 8 p.m. The ambulance was southbound on Northville Turnpike and the Ford Explorer was westbound on Middle Road when the vehicles collided, the SUV striking the ambulance rig on the driver’s side.
All five crew members aboard the ambulance, as well as the driver and sole occupant of the SUV, were transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.
The patient in the ambulance, who was being taken to Stony Brook with a broken femur, was not injured in the accident, RVAC assistant chief Lisa Corwin said. Manorville Community Ambulance responded to transport the patient to Stony Brook.
The Riverhead Fire Department was called to remove the driver’s side door of the ambulance.
No summonses were immediately issued, police said.
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