Riverhead Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that left one man dead and two others injured Saturday evening on Osborn Avenue, south of Reeves Avenue, police said.
Police said they received a report of a motor vehicle collision at about 5:02 p.m. Nov. 14. Responding patrol units found an overturned vehicle that was on fire. The fire was extinguished by patrol officers with the assistance of nearby residents, police said.
Two people inside a Ford Escape were trapped and were extricated with the assistance of the Riverhead Fire Department, according to police.
The Riverhead Police Department Detective Division responded to assist in the investigation, along with the New York State Police Accident Reconstruction Team, police said.
Investigators determined the Ford Escape was traveling southbound on Osborn Avenue at a high rate of speed and attempted to pass a Honda Accord driven by Marelin Galdamez, who was also traveling southbound, police said. The Ford entered the northbound lane and struck a northbound Tesla Model X head-on, causing the Ford to overturn and then strike the Honda Accord and a parked Honda CRV, police said.
The driver of the Ford was identified as Dilmer Regaldo Giron, 26, of Shirley, who was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. A passenger in the Ford, Elver Noel Velasquez Jeronimo, was transported by Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Peconic Bay Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, police said.
The driver of the Tesla, David Alvarez, was transported by Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps to Peconic Bay Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to contact Riverhead Police at 631-727-4500 ext. 289.
Osborn Avenue between Reeves Avenue and Mill Road was closed for several hours after the crash. Police announced the road reopening at 1:03 a.m. Sunday.
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