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Four people, including a small child, were sent to Peconic Bay Medical Center's emergency room after a crash on Route 58 Tuesday morning.
They didn't have far to travel.
The crash occurred when a Toyota sedan pulled out of the hospital's parking lot onto Route 58, colliding with a westbound Nissan.
Police responding to the accident just before 9 a.m. called for the Riverhead Fire Department heavy rescue unit to remove the front driver's side door of the Toyota. The heavy rescue unit arrived on the scene but did not need to use the Hurst tool because a tow truck operator from Phil's Towing was able to release the door, allowing EMTs access to the accident victims inside the Toyota.
The driver and sole occupant of the Nissan, as well as the three people in the Toyota — a man, a woman and a child restrained in a car seat in the rear of the vehicle — were all transported by Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance to Peconic Bay Medical Center with non-lifethreatening injuries, according to police.
No summonses were issued and both care were towed from the scene. Police briefly closed eastbound traffic while tow trucks removed the vehicles. One of the two westbound lanes of Route 58 was blocked by the crash, but traffic continued flowing west in the other lane.
RiverheadLOCAL photos by Peter Blasl
