East Hampton Town police were kept busy last week, with several traffic accidents resulting in injuries.
Two S.U.V.s were involved last Thursday morning in the parking lot of 460 Pantigo Road in East Hampton, where a Toyota backed into a Chrysler. The driver of the Toyota, Daniela Sagastume of Wading River, 21, told police she was backing out of a parking space and did not see the other S.U.V., driven by Carlos A. Dasilva of Mineola, 59.
Mr. Dasilva stated that he had been parked in the lot, waiting for a space to open, when the back of the Toyota struck the rear passenger side of his Chrysler. The rear door on the driver’s side was open at the time, he said. One of his passengers, Juan Jacome Rodriguez, 44, who was seated next to it, complained of pain to his knee as a result of the hit, but did not require further medical attention. Neither driver was hurt, nor were Mr. Dasilva’s other passengers, Juan Pesantez Berrezueta, 48, Christian Cedillo, 33, and Christopher Patricio, 29.
Not long after, just before noon, a Chevy pickup truck struck the front of an oncoming Honda S.U.V. on Cedar Street in East Hampton, near the turn onto Hand’s Creek Road. F. A. Pina Atariguana of Riverhead, 24, driving the truck, told police he was turning left onto the road when the S.U.V. approached from the opposite direction. It was unable to stop, he said, and collided with the front of his truck.
Leeana Paige Tankersley of Virginia Beach, Va., 35, stated that Mr. Atariguana failed to yield the right of way and turned left into her path of travel, resulting in the collision. The responding officer noted that the vehicle placements corroborated Ms. Tankersley’s account. She sustained bruises to both knees and legs in the collision, and complained of pain in her left arm and shoulder, but refused all medical attention. Her Honda S.U.V. had front-end damage and was towed by Fireplace Auto Collision of Springs.
That afternoon, a BMW convertible driven by Anne Marie Annexy of East Hampton, 73, was struck by a Chevy pickup truck as it was turning off Montauk Highway onto Stephen Hand’s path. The truck driver, Darko Eduardo Sanchez Brito of Southampton, 29, stated that he was making a left turn from Stephen Hand’s onto the highway and collided with the driver’s side of the convertible, resulting in damage to both vehicles. Ms. Annexy complained of chest pains and was transported by ambulance to Southampton Hospital; Hammer Towing collected her BMW. Mr. Brito was uninjured.
That night, a Lexus sedan collided with two vehicles near Grant Avenue in Springs, resulting in multiple injuries. Sacqcaquirin Barros of Springs, 31, was driving on Springs-Fireplace Road when, he stated to police, the Lexus “came into his lane from the left” and struck the driver’s side of his Hyundai sedan. He complained of pain in his knee, while his passenger, Ana Carchipulla, 29, said her entire body hurt.
The second driver hit, Humberto Olvera Lopez, 56, also of Springs, in a Honda sedan, was also traveling on Springs-Fireplace Road. He maintained that the Lexus, with no headlights on, had swerved into his lane and struck the front of his car after striking Mr. Barros’s Hyundai. He complained of chest pains; his passenger, Jose Eduardo Olvera Vallejo, 37, complained of pain throughout his body.
Tran Tho Kim of East Hampton, 30, the Lexus driver, told police she didn’t know what had happened. She’d taken over-the-counter sleeping medication the night before, she said. She was reportedly “incoherent” at the scene, and had sustained cuts to her head.
All three drivers, and both passengers, were transported by ambulances to Southampton Hospital. The Lexus and the Hyundai were towed to Fireplace Auto Collision, and the Honda was taken away by Joe’s Towing.
The day before, on June 11, a Dodge pickup truck was struck while attempting to turn onto Montauk Highway by an Infiniti sedan allegedly driving in the wrong lane.
C. Giraldo Fajardo of East Hampton, 35, the truck driver, said he’d been waiting at the Georgica Road stop sign to turn left onto the highway, and a vehicle in the eastbound lane had stopped to allow him to make the turn. An Infiniti sedan, driven by Fabian Sarmiento Manchen of East Hampton, 21, was eastbound in the westbound lane of traffic, he told East Hampton Village police — apparently to get around the car that had stopped to let Mr. Fajardo turn — and collided with the driver’s side of the truck.
The Infiniti also made contact with a Verizon utility pole on the side of the road, damaging it.
Mr. Manchen stated only that he had been headed to Montauk. He complained of back pain. He was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. His car sustained damage to its front and driver’s side, and was towed by Rapid Recovery.
Mr. Fajardo complained of elbow pain but refused further medical attention. His truck was damaged; Rapid Recovery took it away as well.
