Boat Flees Accident in Montauk, Leaving Two People Afloat

Update: The East Hampton Town Marine Patrol, which is part of the town's Police Department, is investigating a boating accident that happened off Montauk Point on Thursday night. 

In a statement issued Friday night, Chief Harbormaster Ed Michels said that "a 21-foot Sea Swirl Striper was struck by another boat, disabling it." The accident occurred in the ocean one mile north-northeast of Montauk Point. 

Chief Michels confirmed that the second boat left the scene. The Coast Guard responded and escorted the two occupants back to Lake Montauk.

Anyone with information on the accident has been asked to call the Marine Patrol at 631-537-7575.

Originally: The Coast Guard is investigating an incident that left one boat damaged and two men in the water late Thursday night. 

According to the Coast Guard public affairs office in New York City, a vessel was struck off Montauk around 11 p.m. One boat was taking on water, and another one left the scene. A third boat phoned in the accident to Sector Long Island Sound and picked up two people from the water. No one was injured. 

A crew from Coast Guard Station Montauk arrived and assessed the damage. Two people who had been rescued from the water were brought aboard the Coast Guard vessel, and their boat was towed to the Coast Guard station. 

The boat that fled is believed to be a 26-foot vessel, but no other information was available. 

The investigation into what happened is continuing.