Pickup Truck Fully Engulfed In Flames On Sunrise Highway

WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY — A pickup truck was fully engulfed in flames on Sunrise Highway Friday night, fire officials said.

According to the Westhampton Beach Fire Department, the incident took place at 10:40 p.m.; initial reports indicated that there had been a possible rollover. However, when Third Assistant Chief Jeff Wachenfeld arrived, he told headquarters that'd he'd found a pickup truck in the center median, fully involved in flames, officials said.

Firefighters responding with an engine, a rescue truck, and a tanker quickly extinguished the flames, which had not spread to the grass in the median, officials said.

The driver, who was the only person in the truck, was able to get out before first responders arrived; he was transported to the Peconic Bay Medical Center by the Westhampton War Memorial Ambulance with undisclosed injuries, officials said.

Fire police closed one westbound lane during the incident, was cleared up at about 11:45 p.m.; New York State troopers and Southampton Town police were also at the scene, officials said.