A South Burlington, Vt., man was arrested on Montauk Highway near Pantigo Place in East Hampton early on the morning of June 20 and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and no fewer than 16 traffic infractions. A town police officer who was watching reported that Bryan Tummings, 31, driving a 2018 Jeep, tailgated the car ahead, swerved across the double yellow lines, drove on the shoulder, failed to signal, drove on hazard markers, and more. After being stopped, he allegedly failed the standard sobriety tests, and a computer check revealed that he had no insurance. Back at town police headquarters, police said, he refused to take a breathalyzer test. He was held overnight for a morning appearance before East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana, and is due back in court on Wednesday.
An East Hampton man was similarly charged early on Friday morning, after an accident at the intersection of Accabonac Road and Red Dirt Road in Springs. John Pena-Rojas, 26, told town police that a deer had run out in front of his 2012 gray Nissan, and that he swerved to avoid hitting it, but ended up in woods along the roadside. His breath smelled strongly of alcohol, police said, and he was unsteady on his feet. He consented to a blood-alcohol test, which reportedly registered over twice the legal level, raising the charge to aggravated D.W.I. Mr. Pena-Rojas, who’d cut his knee but refused medical attention, was held overnight and arraigned in the morning by Justice Steven Tekulsky. He is due back in court on July 21.
In Southampton Town, police were called early Saturday morning to the scene of a head-on crash on Montauk Highway, near Newlight Lane in Bridgehampton. According to a press release, Kiah Wright, 33, of Hampton Bays, who was westbound in a 2017 Subaru Crosstrek, crossed into the oncoming lane, directly into the path of a 2017 Honda Pilot. Both Ms. Wright and the Honda driver were taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, though police judged Ms. Wright to be intoxicated, and charged her with misdemeanor drunken driving. She will be arraigned at a future date.
