Tragedy struck on Monday when the owner of the Castello di Borghese winery in Cutchogue died in a head-on crash on Route 25A in Wading River.
Riverhead Police said Marco Borghese, 70, was eastbound on Route 25A when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway, causing his 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee to enter the westbound land of travel. His Jeep struck a westbound 2007 International Harvester delivery truck driven by Stanley Paczkowski, 60, of Ridge.
Borghese was transported by Wading River Fire Department to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, where he was pronounced dead.
Paczkowski and his passenger, Vito Racanelli, 26, were not seriously hurt.
Police are investigating the cause of the crash. The N.Y. State Police Collision Reconstruction unit responded as well as the N.Y. State Motor Vehcile Carrier unit to assist with the investigation.
Borghese has owned the vineyard on County Route 48 with his wife Ann Marie since 1999, according to the vineyard’s website.
