Drunk Sagaponack Woman Sideswipes Tree: Police

SAGAPONACK, NY — A Sagaponack woman drove drunk and sideswiped a tree, police said.

According to East Hampton Town Police, Kiera A. Egan, 29, was arrested on Sunday at 11:10 a.m. on Daniels Hole Road and charged with aggravated DWI: Per Se, .18 of 1 percent or more alcohol, two prior convictions within 10 years, a felony; using a leased, rented or loaned vehicle without an interlock device, a misdemeanor, first degree aggravated unlicensed operation, commit aggravated unlicensed operation 2/alcohol or drug, a felony, and DWI, two prior convictions of designated offenses within 10 years, a felony, police said.

Egan was driving a 2008 Pontiac northwest on Daniels Hole Road when she was in a crash where she left the roadway and sideswiped a tree, police said.

Upon investigation, she was found to have the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on her breath, slurred speech, bloodshot, glassy eyes, and was unsteady on her feet; she also performed poorly on all standardized tests administered, police said. She was also found to be driving without an interlock device, police said.

She was released into the custody of the Suffolk County Sheriff, police said.