Accident Claims Life In Baiting Hollow

An unidentified man lost his life after falling off a transportation vehicle in Baiting Hollow on Saturday afternoon, October 19. Riverhead Town police said the victim, 28, was in a bus-shaped limousine that was traveling on Sound Avenue near Warner Drive at about 1:20 PM.

The man was apparently standing up when the vehicle went around a curve. He slid into a door, which opened. Police shut the road down for nearly four hours. Investigators issued a preliminary finding that the event was accidental.

He was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.

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