East Quogue Man Involved in Deadly Car Accident

A 31-year-old Peconic man was killed after being struck by three vehicles — one of which dragged him after he became stuck in its undercarriage — on Route 48 in Peconic on Sunday night,  reported. One of those cars was driven by an East Quogue man.

Nery Javier-Lopez was found dead in the roadway with two vehicles pulled to the side of the road by police officers on the scene at 11:03 p.m. on Sunday at the intersection of Route 48 and Henry's Lane in Peconic, police said. Investigation revealed that Javier-Lopez has been walking north across Route 48 in the dark and walked into the path of a vehicle driven by George Apostolou, 50, of Brooklyn, police said.

After Javier-Lopez was struck by Apostolou's vehicle, a white van hit him and dragged him after he became stuck underneath the vehicle, the driver of which fled the scene westbound on Route 48, police said. After becoming dislodged from the van's undercarriage, Javier-Lopez was then struck by a vehicle driven by Robert Carpenter, 29, of East Quogoe, who was also heading west on Route 48, police said.

Members of the Suffolk County Crime Lab responded to the scene. Southold Town Police detectives are still investigating the incident and ask anyone who might have witnessed the accident to call 631-765-2600.