A woman was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on Edwards Avenue Saturday morning, Riverhead Town Police said in a press release Saturday evening.
The woman was one of two people riding on a motorcycle headed southbound on Edwards Avenue when a northbound vehicle attempted to turn left into Cousins Paintball and collided with the motorcycle, police said.
A man also riding on the motorcycle was treated at the scene by Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps and transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
The woman was also treated at the scene by RVAC and subsequently air-lifted to Stony Brook University Hospital by a Suffolk County Police helicopter, according to the report.
The operator of the vehicle was not injured, police said.
Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance responded and the male subject was treated at the scene and transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
Riverhead Police were assisted in the accident investigation by a New York State Police Accident Reconstruction team.
Police did not identify the persons involved in the crash or provide any further information about the accident.
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