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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.

East Hampton Ambulance Department Gets County Nod

The Suffolk County Regional Emergency Services Council voted on March 12 to expand the operating territory of the East Hampton Village Ambulance Department to include the Northwest Fire Protection District and the East Hampton Water Supply Area. This came after a contentious public hearing at LTV Studios on Feb. 16.

Mar 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 03.21.24

A 37-year-old Montauk man attempted to make a fire in a barrel at the Montauk Skate Park to "grill some burgers while he and friends skated" on the afternoon of March 13. Someone called the police, who told the man it was against the rules. He apologized and put the fire out.

Mar 21, 2024

Policing East Hampton in 2023: A Look at the Statistics

In 2023, for 911 calls classified as "highest priority," the East Hampton Town Police Department's average response time was 5 minutes, 38 seconds. Officers made 163 drunken-driving arrests, assisted on 2,530 medical calls and nearly 1,800 fire-related emergencies, and logged 12 "use of force" incidents over the 12-month period. Those were just a few of the statistics presented by Chief Michael Sarlo to the East Hampton Town Board last week, capping off a year of protecting 70 square miles from Wainscott to Montauk.

Mar 21, 2024

Sexual Assault Investigation

A 29-year-old East Hampton woman went to police headquarters on March 4 to report being the victim of sexual assault, stemming from an incident on Feb. 23 at a house in town.

Mar 13, 2024

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