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Postal Truck, Bus in Dustup

Thu, 01/06/2022 - 11:16

A handful of recent crashes on East Hampton Town roads resulted in minor injuries to a few of the drivers.

On Dec. 22 at around 3:30 p.m., a mailman in a delivery van thought he had enough room to make a U-turn on Springs-Fireplace Road near Austin Road, but he was wrong. Michael Scully of Holbrook, 28, collided with a bus that had four passengers on board in addition to the driver. The operator of the bus, Russell Lake of Hampton Bays, 71, complained of an arm injury but declined a trip to the hospital. No other injuries were reported. Rapid Recovery towed both vehicles, the truck back to the East Hampton Post Office and the bus back to its yard in Center Moriches.

Two days later, slippery morning conditions on Stephen Hand’s Path near Cedar Street caused Alexander M. Kalimnios of East Hampton, 24, to veer into the oncoming lane. He swerved to avoid approaching traffic, he told police, but then slid off the road, and his 2020 Infiniti hit a tree. Mr. Kalimnios complained of an arm injury, but did not need an ambulance. Fireplace Auto hauled away the car.

Last Thursday morning, Luisa F. Bastidas Hincapie of East Hampton also struck a tree, having lost control of her 2008 Nissan at a curve on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road near Woodbine Drive in Springs. She was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. With its airbags deployed, the car, which was registered to a different person, was towed away by Balcuns.

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

On the Police Logs 03.14.24

Police were called Friday afternoon to investigate a report that people were camping illegally in the Grace Estate Preserve. They came upon three men from Nassau County who’d put up a tent and built a campfire. Police told them to put out the fire, then issued a ticket for open burning and directed them to leave immediately.

Mar 14, 2024

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