Riverhead police say man riding e-bike in town killed in crash
The Riverhead police department said a homeless man riding an e-bike Wednesday in town crashed and later died at a hospital. Credit: Tom Lambui
A man died Wednesday afternoon after crashing an e-bike in Riverhead, the town’s police department said.
About 5:39 p.m., officers responded to the parking lot of Ross Dress for Less on Old Country Road after a report of a man "laying in the parking lot," the Town of Riverhead Police Department said in a news release.
The police found John Sanmartino, 54, in the rear parking lot "unconscious" and "in traumatic arrest," the release said. An investigation revealed Sanmartino was riding the e-bike without a helmet and crashed into a chain-link fence along a tree line.
The victim was homeless, according to the police.
The Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps. transported Sanmartino to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, where he died of his injuries, police said.
Riverhead police detectives are investigating, the department said. Police ask anyone who witnessed or may have information regarding the crash to call the department confidentially at 631-727-4500.
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