Man Charged With DWI After Fleeing Scene Of Hampton Bays Crash: PD

HAMPTON BAYS, NY — A Mastic man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays Wednesday night, police said.

According to Southampton Town police, the two-car crash took place at 8:24 p.m. near Terrace Drive; officers found no one injured in the crash, but the driver of one vehicle, a 2019 Dodge Ram, fled the scene prior to police arrival, police said.

A patrol officer who was on Flanders Road near Spinney Road saw the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop, police said. John C. Volpe, 47, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated; leaving the scene of a crash, a violation; and several other violations of vehicle and traffic Law, police said.

He was transported to Southampton Town police headquarters for processing and held overnight for morning arraignment at Southampton Town Justice Court, police said.