Six injured after Suffolk Transit bus crash in Northampton, police say

Six people were injured, none seriously, when a Suffolk Transit bus and two vehicles — a Toyota and a Jeep — collided on Speonk-Riverhead Road near Suffolk County Community College Monday morning in Northampton, Southampton Town police said.

The crash occurred around 11 a.m., police said.

It was not immediately clear how many people were on the bus or how many occupants were in each of the other vehicles.

Police said six people were taken to hospitals with undisclosed injuries.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

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.”