AMAGANSETT, NY — A crash involving a garbage truck in front of the Amagansett Post Office early Wednesday left one person seriously injured, police said.
According to East Hampton town police, the two-car crash took place at 6:49 a.m.
Marcos Mateo Gomez-Vicuna, 45, of East Hampton, was driving a 2013 Ford pickup truck eastbound and making a left turn into the parking lot of the Amagansett Post Office when his vehicle collided with a 2000 Isuzu garbage truck traveling westbound, police said.
Gomez-Vicuna was not injured in the crash, police said.
As a result of the crash, the roadway was shut down for several hours to allow officers to conduct an investigation and for crews to clear the roadway, police said.
The operator of the Isuzu truck, Carlos Alcides Lopez Gonzalez, 45, of East Hampton, was transported to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital with a serious leg/hip injury, police said.
At this time, there is no indication of criminality, police said.
Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to contact the East Hampton Town Police Department at 631-537-7575.
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