Erik A. Yatvelasquez, 22, was driving a 2015 Jeep north on County Road 104 when he sideswiped a 2005 Chevrolet SUV, crossed the double yellow line and veered into an oncoming 2015 Lexus SUV, Southampton Town Police officials told the Riverhead News-Review on Monday.

A 60-year-old female passenger in the Lexus was rushed to Peconic Bay Medical Center with internal injuries, fractures and dislocations, according to police. She underwent multiple surgeries and has since been transferred to another area hospital for additional surgery, police added.

Mr. Yatvelasquez suffered “significant mouth injuries” and was airlifted by Suffolk County Police medevac to Stony Brook University Hospital, according to police.

He was charged with driving while intoxicated shortly after the crash, police said.

The driver of the Lexus and the two people in the Chevy were also taken to PBMC with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The passenger in Mr. Yatvelasquez’s car was not hurt in the crash.

After the initial 911 call at about 7:44 p.m. on Saturday, Southampton patrol units, the department’s Community Response Unit and New York State Police troopers responded to the crash, about a half-mile from the intersection with CR-105.

Ambulances from Flanders Northampton, Westhampton Beach and East Quogue also rushed to the scene, along with the Flanders Fire Department.

Both lanes of CR-104 were shut down between the traffic circle at CR-31 and CR-105. The road reopened shortly after midnight on Sunday, Nov. 30.

Detectives investigated the crash with the New York State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit and Forensic Identification Unit.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Southampton Town Police detectives at 631-702-2230.

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Robert Burgazzoli, 36, died after crashing into a tree while traveling south on County Road 105 near NY-24, according to a Southampton Police Department press release. He was the driver of the vehicle.

An unidentified person in the car with Mr. Burgazzoli is currently in the hospital with serious life-threatening injuries, police said.

Southampton officers responded to the early morning wreck just before 8 a.m. Riverhead Town police closed the southbound lane on Cross River Drive at Main Road for nearly four hours.

Both the Flanders Fire Department and Flanders Northampton Volunteer Ambulance Corps assisted at the scene with injuries and traffic.

Southampton police detectives, with the help of New York State Police accident reconstruction officers, are investigating the accident.

Anyone with further information can reach out to the Southampton Town Police Detective Division at 631-702-2230.

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Police said, “A 2016 white Subaru traveling westbound left the roadway and struck two unoccupied vehicles parked in the lot of Lumber and Salt at 5570 Sound Avenue. The driver, identified as Victoria Moller, 75, of Mattituck, was located unresponsive at the scene. She was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center, where she was pronounced deceased.”

Police reported that the initial investigation showed that “it appears a prior medical event may have contributed to the accident. The Riverhead Police Detective Squad is continuing to investigate.  Anyone with information is asked to call the Riverhead Police Department at 631-727-4500 x 312.” 

Below is the original Riverhead News Review report:

At 5:45 p.m. the Riverhead Police Department announced that Sound Avenue was closed between Church Lane and Pier Avenue following a motor vehicle accident investigation.

The Jamesport Fire Department issued a notice that they are currently working on a multiple vehicle accident on Sound Avenue just west of Pier Avenue.

The department stated on social media, “Sound Ave. is shut down BOTH directions between Manor Lane/Pier Ave. and Church Lane. Road will be closed for an extended period of time.”

This is a developing story.

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