Crime & Safety
Riverhead Man Charged With DWI After Hampton Bays Crash: Police
He careened off the road and hit a tree, police say.
HAMPTON BAYS, NY — A Riverhead man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash in Hampton Bays Sunday night, police said.
According to Southampton Town police, the single-car crash took place at 8:33 p.m. on Montauk Highway near Cemetery Road. Responding officers found a 2006 Honda Accord had run off the roadway and collided with a tree, police said.
Carlos E. Perez Guzman, 50, was not hurt in the crash; he was arrested, then transported to Southampton Town police headquarters, where he was charged with misdemeanor DWI, police said.
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He was held overnight for morning arraignment at Southampton Town Justice Court, police added.
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