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2 Injured In Sunrise Highway Rollover Crash

The crash led to traffic snarls in Southampton Friday afternoon, police say.

Traffic was backed up on Country Road 39 in Southampton after Friday's crash on Sunrise Highway.
Traffic was backed up on Country Road 39 in Southampton after Friday's crash on Sunrise Highway. (Patch courtesy photo.)

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — Two people were hurt in a rollover crash on Sunrise Highway Friday afternoon, police said.

According to New York State Police, the crash took place around 2:30 p.m. on the Sunrise Highway just west of Country Road 39, at Exit 66 and the North Road, when one car rear-ended a second vehicle. The second vehicle was sent into the median and struck a tree and the first car rolled over, police said.

The two drivers were sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

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Sunrise Highway was closed in both directions during the crash, leading to traffic delays on Country Road 39, police said.

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