Train accident

A man was struck by a passenger train west of the Riverhead train station Sunday night. His leg was severed in the accident, according to radio reports. He was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment.

A westbound Long Island Rail Road train struck a pedestrian on the tracks just east of the Mill Road crossing just after 2 this afternoon.

For the second time in a week, a man on the railroad track in Riverhead has been struck by a passenger train.

(Update: 3:13 p.m.) One vehicle was stopped northbound at the railroad crossing gate when a Honda CRV, also headed northbound, rear-ended the first vehicle, according to a witness at the scene.