Police seek ID of pickup truck driver killed in Flanders crash
Investigators are trying to determine the identity of a man driving a pickup truck with an Illinois registration who was killed when his truck ran off the road Sunday night in Flanders, striking a tree, police said.
The one-vehicle crash occurred on Flanders Road, west of Red Creek Road, at about 7:50 p.m., Southampton Town police said. Volunteers from the Flanders and Hampton Bays fire departments responded, as did a crew from Hampton Bays Ambulance.
Police said the driver of the pickup, a Dodge Ram 1500, died at the accident scene. Police said his identity is unknown -- and investigators are asking anyone with information about the driver or the crash to call the detective division at 631-702-2230.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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