Update, June 16, 9:15 a.m.: East Hampton Town police reported this morning that the East Hampton High School student killed in a car accident last night on Old Stone Highway in Springs was a 19-year-old passenger, Scarleth S. Urgiles of East Hampton. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another passenger, Jennifer Amon-Barrers, 18, also of East Hampton, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital. She is listed in serious but stable condition. Both were extricated from the vehicle by Springs Fire Department responders.
Luis Gonzalo Barrionuevo-Fuertes, who is 18 and lives in Moriches, "was operating a 2009 Toyota Camry southbound on Old Stone Highway near Deep Six Drive when the vehicle left the roadway, overturned, and struck a tree," police said in a release.
He was arrested at the scene and taken to police headquarters in Wainscott. He will be arraigned on charges of driving while intoxicated, aggravated D.W.I. with a child passenger under the age of 16, and endangering the welfare of a child.
Also injured in the crash and taken to the hospital were Michael Puente, 19, Melanie Mendez, 19, Carlos Pinos, 18, and "two juveniles ages 15 and 17." All live in East Hampton.
The car was impounded and the investigation is ongoing, police said.
Originally, June 16, 8 a.m.: An East Hampton High School student was killed and several other people were injured in a car accident on Sunday evening on Old Stone Highway in Springs.
As of Monday at 7:30 a.m., the road remained closed from "Accabonac to [the] Springs School vehicle entrance while detectives continue to investigate," the East Hampton Town Police Department said in a post on Facebook early Monday. "The school access is open and accessible from the north side," police said, and traffic control officers are on hand to help with morning school traffic.
Police have not released additional information about the accident, but Adam Fine, the East Hampton School District superintendent, confirmed the high school students' involvement in a email to parents on Monday at 7:25 a.m., just before the start of final day of classes at the high school this year.
"There are no words to properly express the feelings of loss and grief that we feel at this time," Mr. Fine said. The high school will have grief counselors available throughout the day, and parents have been told to contact the school if their children need help "to navigate this difficult period."
Five ambulances responded to the accident, including units from the Springs, Amagansett, and East Hampton Village departments.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.