A man who drove across a lawn in Springs on Oct. 29 and into a parked truck narrowly avoided striking the house, according to East Hampton Town Police Department. He was later charged with drunken driving.
Around 10 that night, they reported, Eusebio Perinhas, 32, drove off Cedar Ridge Drive and across a lawn on Clinton Street, colliding with a pickup truck parked in the driveway.
The parked truck, owned by W.F. Quizhpi Quizhpi, was damaged along its side rear, but was said to be salvageable. Mr. Perinhas’s own truck sustained front-end damage and was towed from the scene.
Mr. Perinhas himself was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital with minor facial bleeding. His passenger, Sara Jordan Lucas, was uninjured.
Police said they found Mr. Perinhas with slurred speech and unsteady on his feet. He refused roadside sobriety tests and breath tests, according to reports. He was charged with first-offense misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and released in his own recognizance.
Just before 7 a.m. on Nov. 4, the driver of a garbage truck was injured when another truck collided with his on Montauk Highway in Amagansett. The road was shut down for several hours after.
Police said Marcos Mateo Gomez-Vicuma, 45, was turning left from the highway into the Amagansett Post Office parking lot that morning. The garbage truck, driven by Carlos Alcides Lopez Gonzalez, 45, was headed west when they collided.
Mr. Lopez Gonzalez was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital with a serious leg and hip injury. Mr. Gomez-Vicuma was uninjured.
Police conducted an investigation at the scene and concluded that there was no criminality involved.
