50 residents of independent living facility evacuated due to heat problems A Wading River ambulance outside 260 W. Main St. in December 2019. (file photo)
At nearly midnight Saturday Riverhead police responded to Concerned for Independence Living at 260 W. Main St. after calls were received that the fourth floor of the facility was excessively hot.
Along with police, the Riverhead Fire Marshall and Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded. “The fourth floor was found to be in excess of 90 degrees and hot air was coming out of the vent,” a release said.
“The approximately 50 residents were evacuated from the building with the assistance of Flanders Ambulance, Hampton Bays Ambulance, Westhampton Ambulance
Three people were injured in a head-on crash on Flanders Road Monday afternoon, according to Southampton Town police.
The collision occurred near Bay Avenue in Flanders when the driver of a 2008 Chevrolet Impala apparently crossed into the opposite lane and struck a westbound 2016 Subaru, police said.
The driver of the Subaru, Edward Sorensen, 77, of Southampton and one passenger, Gearlyn O’Brien, 57, also of Southampton, were transported to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The driver of the Impala, Jamel Mercer, 25, of Riverhead, was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center. The extent of their injuries was not released.
The crash occurred just before 2:30 p.m. First responders with the Flanders-Northampton Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Hampton Bays Ambulance and New York State Police all responded to assist.