Man Airlifted After Being Hit By Pickup Truck: Police

EAST END, NY — A Sag Harbor pedestrian was airlifted after he was hit by a pickup truck on Noyack Road near Valley Road Thursday, police said.

According to Southampton Town Police, the crash took place at 5:24 p.m. when Jacinto R. Heres-Washigta, 44, of Riverhead, who was driving a 2010 Ford Ranger pickup truck northbound, struck Victor Busten-Sangurima, 45.

Busten-Sangurima was airlifted by the Suffolk County Police Department's aviation unit to an area hospital, police said. Heres-Washigta remained at the scene the crash appears non-criminal, police said.

Police rendered first aid and the Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance responded to help, police said.

Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to contact the Southampton Town Police Department's detective division at 631-702-2230.