Pedestrian Airlifted With Life-Threatening Injuries After Riverhead Crash: PD

RIVERHEAD, NY — A pedestrian was airlifted after being struck in Riverhead Tuesday evening, police said.

According to Riverhead Town police, the crash took place at about 5:12 p.m. on East Main Street.

Upon arrival the responding officers located the male pedestrian lying in the roadway, police said.

Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded to the scene; the pedestrian was subsequently air lifted by Suffolk County aviation and flown to Stony Brook University Hospital due to the nature of his injuries, police said.

An investigation conducted at the scene determined that the pedestrian had been attempting to cross East Main Street southbound when he was struck by a 2005 Honda CR-V, driven by 73-year-old Jose Santos Fuentes, of Riverhead, who was heading east, police said.

Santos Fuentes remained at the scene, police said.

The pedestrian's injuries were serious and life-threatening in nature, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to the crash is asked to contact the Riverhead Town Police Department at 631-727-4500 ext. 330.