Sean Ludwick to be Arraigned Next Month: DA

Sean Ludwick, a New York City real estate developer who was arrested on a DWI charge after a fatal hit-and-run crash in Sag Harbor this past summer, has been indicted by a grand jury and will be arraigned next month, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota.

Ludwick, 42, is scheduled to be formally arraigned on the indictment on January 4 in front of State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho at the First District courthouse in Central Islip.

He is being charged with with nine crimes and four traffic violations; three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, one count of vehicular manslaughter in the first-degree, one count of manslaughter in the second degree, one charge of leaving the scene, two counts of driving while intoxicated, one count of aggravated driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, speeding, failure to stay in a single lane and driving on the shoulder or slope of the roadway, according to the DA.

The top charge of aggravated vehicular homicide can result in up to 25 years in prison, Spota said.

Real estate broker Paul Hansen, 53, of Sag Harbor died at the scene on Rolling Hill Court East in Sag Harbor where Ludwick struck a utility pole at a curve, according to the DA.

Ludwick and his damaged Porsche were found by police on Woodvale Street more than a block away from the crash, the DA said..

Sag Harbor Village Police, New York State Police, the New York State Police Forensic ID and Collision Reconstruction Unit and the district attorney’s Vehicular Crimes Bureau assisted town police in the investigation of the crash.

Ludwick is currently free on $1 million bond.