Unlicensed Drunk Driver Flees Scene of Accident: Police

SOUTHAMPTON, NY - A Riverhead drunk driver was busted after he was involved in a car accident in Flanders and fled the scene, police said.

According to Southampton Town Police, Anibal Cardona-Yoc, 34, was arrested on Saturday at 3:26 a.m. after police responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Flanders Road and County Road 105.

Upon further investigation it was learned Cardona-Yoc fled the scene of the accident while intoxicated, police said.

He was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting, involving personal injury, both misdemeanors, and passing a red light, a traffic infraction, police said.

He was taken to Southampton Town Police headquarters for processing and held for morning arraignment, police said.