Weekend Crashes Keep Police Busy | The East Hampton Star

The driver of a 2012 Harley Davidson was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital Monday evening after losing control of the motorcycle.

Town Police Capt. Chris Anderson described the incident Tuesday. The cycle was headed west on Route 27 in Montauk, he said, approaching the intersection of South Fox Street near Shadmoor. “A deer ran onto the roadway,” the captain said. “He tried to avoid the animal and lost control.” He was rushed to the East Hampton airport, where a helicopter took him to the hospital. His name has not been released.

A Charlottesville, Va., man was taken to Southampton Hospital on May 20 after his car hit a guardrail about a mile west of the Montauk recycling center. Police said the driver, John Girdler, 73, appeared to be suffering from an illness and “an altered mental state.”

A two-car crash on Friday evening sent one of the drivers to Southampton Hospital. Police said Marco H. Huerta-Farez, 23, was turning right from Buckskill Road onto Cove Hollow Road in East Hampton when his 1992 Nissan collided with a 1970 Ford driven by Paul T. King of East Hampton, 44.

Mr. King, who was treated for pain at the hospital after his Ford bounced off the Nissan and into a tree, told police Mr. Huerta-Farez had failed to yield at a stop sign. Police said Mr. Huerta-Farez was driving with only a learner’s permit.

Correction: The helicopter that transported the motorcyclist to Stony Brook University Hospital landed at East Hampton airport, not Montauk airport as previously reported.

Long Days on the Fire Line In Orange County

East Hampton and Amagansett firefighters volunteered to head north last week to help fight a 5,000-acre wildfire in Orange County, N.Y., not once but twice, battling unfamiliar terrain to do so. “They fight fires completely differently than we do when we have a brush fire,” the Amagansett chief said.

Nov 21, 2024

Awards for Good Policing in Handgun Scuffle

“It could have gone worse. We’re lucky that I have officers here that weren’t shot,” said Police Chief Jeff Erickson at Friday’s East Hampton Village Board meeting. Chief Erickson was recognizing Sgt. Wayne Gauger and Officers John Clark and Robbie Greene for a traffic stop on Aug. 31 that turned into a scuffle and the eventual confiscation of an illegal gun.

Nov 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 11.21.24

A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.

Nov 21, 2024

Head-On Collision on Route 27

A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.

Nov 21, 2024

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