Crime & Safety

Bicyclist Seriously Injured in Collision Saturday in Springs

Cause of the car vs. bicyclist accident is under investigation, East Hampton Town police say.

Police are investigating an accident that seriously injured a bicyclist in Springs Saturday afternoon.

East Hampton Town Police Department detectives said a station wagon hit a woman bicycling on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road, near Gann Road, at about 12:25 p.m. Both were traveling north.

Antemaria D. Katcher, 65, of East Hampton, was behind the wheel of the 2006 Subaru station wagon when she hit Kathryn Jones, 58, of New York City, police said.

The Springs Fire Department treated Jones at the scene. She was then transported by a Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital.

Police said she was listed in stable, but critical condition.

Katcher was not injured.

Police are continuing to investigate what caused the collision. The Subaru was impounded for a safety inspection.

Anyone who may have witnessed the accident is asked to contact East Hampton Town police at 631-537-7575.


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