Traffic & Transit
Driver Airlifted After Flanders Crash: Police
The van hit a transformer pole and a person was trapped inside, police say.
FLANDERS, NY — A person was trapped inside a van after it crashed into a transformer pole in Flanders Friday, police said.
According to Southampton Town Police, at 11:23 a.m., a Ford Econoline van hit the pole. The Flanders Fire Department responded to extricate the driver from the vehicle after the single-vehicle crash; Flanders Ambulance also responded to render aid, police said.
Suffolk County Police Aviation flew the driver to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment, police said.
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Flanders Road was closed southbound at Long Neck Boulevard and Pleasure Drive and
northbound at Red Creek after the crash, police said.
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