QUOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Police on Long Island say five people are dead and another person is in critical condition after a head-on collision late Saturday. The accident occurred at about 11:15 p.m. on Montauk Highway 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. A resident nearby tells Newsday the accident sounded like “a train was hitting a bus.” Police say 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.
Photo: Southampton Town Police
