Car Overturns in Amagansett Avoiding Deer

A driver escaped serious injury when he swerved to avoid a deer and flipped his car over on Napeague Meadow Road in Amagansett on Friday evening.

East Hampton Town police said a 51-year-old man from Amagansett was driving north in a 2001 Mercury when he swerved onto the westbound shoulder and then into the eastbound shoulder, striking four concrete barriers. The car then overturned and landed in a swampy area on the side of the road, about one mile from Montauk Highway.

Police received a call about the accident 8:50 p.m.

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