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Man struck and killed while crossing Route 58 Friday night

by Dec 31, 2022
A 23-year-old Middle Island man was struck and killed while crossing Route 58 just west of Osborn Avenue last night, Riverhead Town Police said in a press release this morning.

Southold man, 90, killed in Riverside crash

by Dec 7, 2022
An elderly Southold man was killed in an accident on County Road 94 in Riverside this morning. The driver of the vehicle, which overturned and crashed into the median, was injured.

Flanders woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in Flanders Road crash that killed her 4-year-old daughter in January

by Nov 7, 2022
Amy Wesolowski, the operator of a vehicle in a Flanders Road crash that killed her 4-year-old daughter in January, has pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and aggravated driving while ability impaired by drugs.

Update: Police identify man struck and killed in Flanders crash Sunday night

by Sep 26, 2022
Thanks to an "overwhelming" community response to their request yesterday, Southampton Town Police said they were able to identify the man struck and killed in an accident in Flanders Sunday night.

Update: Riverhead man, 27, dies in Osborn Avenue crash Saturday morning

by Sep 3, 2022
Update: Police have identified the person who died in a single-car crash on Osborn Avenue early this morning as Derek J. Cruz, 27, of Riverhead.

Riverhead man sentenced on manslaughter, DWI charges in connection with fatal crash on Flanders Road in December

by Aug 25, 2022
The Riverhead man who pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in June in connection with a crash on Flanders Road Dec. 17 has been sentenced to 2 3⁄4 to 8 1⁄4 years in prison, Suffolk District Attorney Raymond Tierney announced today.

Motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run crash with SUV on County Road 104 Tuesday morning

by Jul 12, 2022
Police said the SUV struck a motorcycle at about 5:45 a.m. and left the scene. Responding officers found a man lying in the roadway at County Road 104 near Pine Street, according to an updated report issued by police this afternoon.

Woman involved in Flanders Road crash that killed her young child is indicted on felony manslaughter, DWI charges

by Mar 21, 2022
The Flanders woman involved in a crash on Flanders Road Jan. 13 that claimed the life of her 4-year-old daughter has been indicted on vehicular manslaughter and aggravated DWI charges.

Aquebogue man, 26, killed in single car crash in Riverhead

by Feb 27, 2022
Riverhead Police Department detectives are asking anyone with any information about the accident to call police at 631-727-4500 ext. 328. All calls will be kept confidential, police said.

One dead following head-on crash on Sound Avenue in Riverhead

by Feb 11, 2022
A head-on crash between a Jeep and a Riverhead school district bus on Sound Avenue in Riverhead yesterday afternoon claimed the life of a Nassau County man.