Conditions Claim Cars

The weather in recent weeks has been unkind to motorists, with sliding, skidding, spinning cars and trucks causing mayhem on the roads. The worst of the accidents have been reported in these pages, but there were many, many more. In most of these less serious incidents medical attention was not required, although the vehicles did not always fare as well.

On Jan. 26, around the time of the first big storm, a slippery pavement was blamed for a one-car accident. John W. Glennon of Amagansett, while turning out of a driveway on Louse Point Road in Springs, lost control of his Chevy Suburban as it slid over ice and snow, and struck a tree. The vehicle apparently spun around as it skidded, as the rear end had the most damage.

That same day, Angel M. Oj Can of Riverhead, driving a 2002 Chevrolet on Three Mile Harbor Road in Springs, sideswiped an oncoming pickup truck driven by Manuel Rodriguez of Springs. East Hampton Town police cited both men for unlicensed driving.

On Jan. 28, at the intersection of Springs-Fireplace Road and Higbee Place in Springs, an East Hampton Town pickup equipped with a plow, driven by Terry E. Nesbitt of Amagansett, backed into an oncoming truck with a trailer, striking both. Brian M. Stanis of East Hampton was at the wheel of the private truck. Police said Mr. Nesbitt’s view of the road was badly obscured by “a large snow pile on the corner.”

On Jan. 29 in Montauk, Carlos Zuin of East Hampton tried to brake his 2007 Chevrolet van at a stop sign at South Euclid and Edgemere Streets, but slid instead into a 2014 Jeep driven by Kevin Smith of Montauk.

Talia H. Raebeck’s 2007 Subaru slid when she tried to brake at the intersection of Richardson Avenue and Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road, Springs, on Jan. 30. The car collided with a 2004 Toyota driven by a Manorville woman, Suzanne Byrne. Ms. Raebeck is from Springs.

Sean Knight of East Hampton met Carol Duffy of Sag Harbor when his 2005 pickup truck slid into her 2010 Buick, which was stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Old Orchard and Bob White’s Lanes in East Hampton, to close out January’s carnage. Mr. Knightwas trying to make a turn at the time.

On Feb. 17 another town snowplow, this one operated by James C. Nigro of Montauk, backed into a 2008 Nissan driven by Colleen P. Kelly of Hellertown, Pa. Mr. Nigro told police he could not see the car or hear the woman blowing her horn before the accident happened, at the intersection of South Etna Avenue and South Essex Street in Montauk.

Last Thursday, on Daniel’s Hole Road near Industrial Road in East Hampton, a snowplow blade on a 1993 Chevrolet pickup driven by Thomas A. Strong sideswiped a 2013 Honda driven by Davi A. Rubi of Riverhead. The pickup skidded on ice, Mr. Strong told town police. The car was towed away by Hammer Towing.

A large pile of snow on a corner of the intersection of Stephen Hand’s Path and Cedar Street in East Hampton obstructed the view of a Northwest Woods woman, Lori J. Marsden, on Friday. Her car collided with a 2015 Jeep driven by Gary W. Lederman of Hollywood, Fla.

Parked cars have suffered as well. Juan Cruceta of Montauk was backing his 2008 Lexus in snow and ice at the hamlet’s train station through what the police described as the only passable lane on Feb. 6, when he struck what he thought was a snow bank. In fact, Mr. Cruceta, who was waiting for his girlfriend at the station, had hit a 2000 Toyota pickup.

Jordan Daniel’s 2010 Jeep went for a slide as he was trying to navigate on a common driveway off Floyd Street, East Hampton, on Feb. 5. The Jeep hit a parked 2010 Chevrolet.

Cynthia Durazno had a similar experience in her 1999 Jeep on Feb. 2 on Timber Lane, East Hampton, when she slid into a parked utility vehicle.

George Pietraszko was backing his 2011 Chevrolet van out of a driveway on Feb. 4, not seeing Theodore Zorn’s 2013 Mercedes truck coming along the road. Mr. Zorn told police he tried to stop but could not get traction on the icy road, and the Mercedes struck the Chevrolet. Mr. Pietraszko was written up by police for unlicensed driving. Both men live in East Hampton.

A Montauk woman crashed into a snow bank on Montauk Highway near Beech Street in that hamlet on Feb. 2. E. Rodriguez-Romero told police she had lost control of her 2003 Nissan, which suffered front-end damage, in the snow and ice. Marshall and Sons towed the car.

A 2009 Toyota suffered a similar fate at almost the same spot on Sunday. Manuel Espana of Montauk was behind the wheel when he hit ice, losing control and striking a guard rail head-on. Marshall and Sons towed that vehicle as well.

Again on Feb. 2, an East Quogue man, Thomas Viola, lost control of a 2000 Volvo in the snow on Cedar Street, East Hampton, striking first a utility pole and then a tree. Though the report describes his injuries as minor, he was taken to Southampton Hospital as a precaution. The Volvo was towed by Rapid Recovery.

A patch of black ice claimed the 2004 Ford van being driven by Nohemi Villalta of East Hampton on Feb. 7 on Town Lane, Amagansett. The van slid into a snow bank, then into a tree. The driver and a passenger were unhurt, but the van had damage and was towed by Balcuns Auto.

The icy roads claimed three cars in one incident on Feb. 12. David Agudelo of Springs was stopped, waiting to turn from Springs-Fireplace Road onto Spinner Lane in East Hampton, when he was rear-ended by a 2007 Honda driven by Matthew Brown of East Hampton, who told police he could not stop on the icy road. The Honda, in turn, was rear-ended by a 1994 Ford driven by Jose Ramon of Montauk, which also slid on the ice. All three men were able to drive away after talking with police.

Icy conditions on Springs-Fireplace Road were also blamed for a one-car accident on Valentine’s Day, when a 2005 Honda driven by Genry J. Prietoheras of Springs slid off the road and struck a utility pole near Queens Lane in East Hampton.

Kenneth J. Farrell of Northwest Woods was trying to turn onto Stephen Hand’s Path off Hands Creek Road, East Hampton, when his 2009 Subaru spun out, striking a 2013 Mercedes Benz driven by a New Yorker, Mark S. Hootnick, who was stopped at a stop sign. That happened on Feb. 15.

Jefferson D. Eames of Amagansett, driving a 2015 Chevrolet, crashed head-on into a 2009 Chevy pickup truck during whiteout conditions on Town Lane Feb. 15. Andrew T. Daige of East Hampton was driving the pickup. Police noted that the road was very narrow, due to snow drifts. Neither man was hurt.

Finally, Sunday’s icy conditions were blamed for Simone Anderson Chandler’s losing control of a 2008 Honda on Montauk Highway near Lincoln Road in Montauk, where it struck a guard rail. Ms. Chandler lives in Bridgehampton.

Spring officially begins in 22 days.