Speed is considered to have been a factor in a Wading River car accident early Saturday morning that left a car flipped onto its roof after it struck a utility pole, closing the roadway for hours.
Riverhead Town police reported that on Saturday at approximately 2:15 a.m., they received a 911 call regarding a car that was being operated erratically in the Lewin Hills neighborhood of Wading River.
While responding to the incident, police observed a similar vehicle as the one described traveling northbound on Hulse Landing Road at a high rate of speed.
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According to police, the driver of the vehicle lost control, hit a utility pole, and flipped, landing on its roof on the west side of Hulse Landing Road in the vicinity of North Wading River Road.
Two passengers, including the operator of the vehicle, David C. Osborn, Jr., 21, and another male passenger were injured and treated at the scene by members of the Wading River Fire Department Ambulance and transported to Stony Brook University Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries.
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Police say a preliminary investigation indicates that speed was a factor in the accident.
The road remained closed as of 3 p.m. while Long Island Power Authority crews worked to repair the utility pole.
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