QUOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Five people died and another person was hospitalized in critical condition after a head-on collision on Long Island, police said Sunday.
The accident occurred at about 11:15 p.m. Saturday on Montauk Highway, near Quogue Street, in Quogue.
A Nissan Maxima traveling west with one person aboard left its lane and slammed into an eastbound Toyota Prius with five people inside, Quogue police told Newsday.
Quogue resident Joseph Dicarlo told the newspaper he was sitting in his home with the air conditioning on and the windows closed when he heard the crash.
“From what I heard it sounded like a train was hitting a bus doing like 100 miles per hour,” he said.
Police said four people were pronounced dead at the scene and one person died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.
The accident is under investigation and the victims hadn’t been identified.
Additional details weren’t immediately available. Police told Newsday speed may have been a factor.
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