East Hampton Town police reported multiple accidents last week as local roads fill up for the final weeks of summer.
A three-car pileup in Springs sent one man to the hospital on Aug. 10. Dora C. Romero of Sag Harbor told police she did not see the stop sign at the intersection of Crandall Street and Fort Pond Boulevard before making the turn, and collided with a car on Fort Pond, which then hit another car.
The driver of the first car, David Israel Contreras Galarza of Springs, complained of pain in his abdomen and was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The third driver, Diego Eduardo Chuya of Springs, was uninjured.
Ms. Romero’s Mercedes sport utility vehicle was towed from the scene, but police did not ticket her.
On Saturday, off Old Stone Highway near Louse Point Road in Springs, police found a Manhattan woman standing next to her wrecked car and bleeding.
Juhie Kalra told police she’d been distracted while adjusting the volume on her Audi’s stereo, and drove off the highway, striking a utility pole. She had minor bleeding on her elbow, and was taken by Amagansett ambulance to Stony Brook Hospital’s emergency complex in East Hampton.
A Dix Hills driver who changed her mind about making a turn in Montauk was involved in an accident on Main Street near South Edison Street on Saturday.
Carly Perrin Galluzzo told police she was headed east when she slowed down to make a right turn onto South Edison, before changing her mind and re-entering the roadway, where a car driven by Monica Rose Johnson attempted to pass her. Instead, as Ms. Galluzzo tried to weave back into the lane, the cars collided.
Ms. Galluzzo and a passenger in the rear of her car, Ryan Michael Curcie, each complained of pain but refused medical attention.
Back in Springs on Aug. 10, two cars collided at the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Lafayette Street.
Messiah L. Barrera Chuya of Springs told police he’d hit the passenger-side door of a car driven by Jamie Alexandra Lee of East Hampton. Police noted that Mr. Barrera Chuya, who was westbound on Harbor Boulevard, had failed to yield to Ms. Lee. A passenger in the front seat of his car, a minor child, complained of head pain and was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. Neither driver was ticketed.
Also last week, a Springs driver was issued a court summons in East Hampton Village for following too closely after his car rear-ended another, injuring a woman. Village police said Egma Nelly Nogan of East Hampton was stopped in traffic on Pantigo Road near Egypt Lane when Jose Chabla Humala tailgated her car.
Mr. Chabla Humala told police he could not stop fast enough to avoid the collision. Ms. Nogan was taken by ambulance down the road to the emergency room, where she was treated for head pain.
Finally, a young girl was injured on Newtown Lane on the morning of Aug. 10 after an East Hampton driver, Murray Zung, said his foot had slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator. He ran into a car driven by Edward Berrang of Jacksonville, Fla., whose front-seat passenger, a 13-year-old girl, complained of back pain but declined medical attention.
