16-year-old driver dies after car crashes into tree in Calverton, police say
Town of Riverhead police said a car driven by a 16-year-old boy Saturday night struck a tree in front of the Cornell University Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center. Credit: Tom Lambui
A Riverhead teenager was killed when his car struck a tree on Sound Avenue near Horton Avenue in Calverton on Saturday night, according to Town of Riverhead police.
The 16-year-old, whom police said they are not identifying because he was a minor, was driving a maroon Honda Civic east on Sound Avenue at around 9:20 p.m. when the car struck a tree in front of the Cornell University Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, according to a news release. He was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead where he was pronounced dead.
The teenager was alone in the car and it was a single-car crash, a spokeswoman told Newsday.
Riverhead police are investigating with assistance from the New York State Police Accident Reconstruction Team, and ask that anyone with information about the crash call 631-727-4500, ext. 312.
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