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Man Airlifted to Hospital After Tractor-Trailer Collision

Thu, 01/07/2021 - 06:21

James Allman, 70, of Sagaponack was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital via a county medevac helicopter on Saturday around midnight, following a traffic accident at the intersection of Montauk Highway and Wainscott Northwest Road in Wainscott.

Mr. Allman, who was driving a 2017 Jeep at the time, told East Hampton Town police he was "looking for an address" when he veered left into a trailer-tractor, in which Joseph Lorello of Yaphank, 53, was waiting to make a left turn. Mr. Allman was discharged from the hospital on Monday. His Jeep was badly damaged and was towed from the scene by Rapid Recovery Towing.

Barbara Layton, 69, of East Hampton told police she looked both ways before turning left from Hook Mill Road onto North Main Street on the evening of Dec. 28, when, she said, a Honda moved quickly through stopped traffic and hit the front passenger side of her car. The Honda's driver, Celia Gonzalez-Gonzalez of East Hampton, 54, who was driving on a learner's permit with a chaperone in the car, claimed it was Ms. Layton's 2008 BMW that was responsible. Village police cited "driver inexperience" as the cause. Ms. Gonzalez complained of back pain and was taken by East Hampton ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital for treatment.

Cedar Street caused problems for drivers and deer alike on Dec. 28: near Fieldview Lane at 5 p.m., an hour later near Osborne Lane, and again on Sunday at the intersection of Cooper Lane at 5 p.m. There was another run-in that day at 6 a.m. on Pantigo Road near Fithian Lane in East Hampton Village and one on Saturday at 5 p.m. on Springy Banks Road near Oyster Pond Lane.

It Was S.U.V. on S.U.V.

On June 23, a Subaru S.U.V. rear-ended a Toyota S.U.V. at Carl Fisher Plaza in Montauk. That evening, two other S.U.V.s collided in Wainscott and had to be towed away. And more news of the roads.

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One Thing After Another

Failed to yield, failed to signal, failed to stay in lane, a failed taillight, a failed roadside sobriety test.

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Bridge Strike Impacts Trains

A Penske rental truck collided with the Long Island Rail Road overpass on Cove Hollow Road in East Hampton Village shortly before 4 p.m. on June 26, resulting in train service delays between the Southampton and Montauk stations.

Jul 3, 2025

Driver Leaves Path of Destruction at Montauk Art Show

Early Sunday morning, it looked as if a small tornado had torn through the Montauk Green and the Montauk Artists Association Art Show. Instead, East Hampton Town police say the destruction — which wiped out the inventory of some participating artists — was caused by a drunken driver.

Jun 30, 2025

 

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