Intoxicated Driver Injured In Rollover Crash: Cops

RIVERSIDE, NY — A man who was driving while intoxicated was thrown from his SUV in a rollover crash Friday, police said.

According to Southampton Town Police, the two-vehicle crash took place between an SUV and a heavy truck at 10:40 a.m. on County Road 51 in Riverside.

The driver of the 2014 Buick SUV, Gregory Lee, 50, of Mastic, struck a 2009 International Heavy Truck, driven by Kasey Fitzgibbon, 27; Lee was ejected from his vehicle when it flipped over and Fitzgibbon sustained minor injuries from the impact, police said.

Lee was driving his vehicle while under the influence and will be charged with felony driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended license, and driving without a proper interlock device; he will be arraigned at Southampton Town Justice Court on a later date, police said.

Flanders Northampton Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded and transported Lee, who sustained serious injuries, and Fitzgibbbon, who had minor injuries, to Stony Brook University Hospital, police said.

The Riverhead Fire Department assisted with the scene and the New York State Police Department's accident reconstruction unit responded to help the Southampton Town Police Department's detective division with the investigation, police said.