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Not So Fast: Drunk Driver Hits Utility Pole In Eastport, Tries Running Away, Police Say
A 30-year-old man is facing drunk driving charges after allegedly crashing into a utility pole on Long Island and then fleeing on foot.
The incident happened shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, in Eastport, at the intersection of Montauk Highway and South Bay Avenue.
According to Southampton Town Police, Ismael Garcia-Chitay, of Eastport, was driving eastbound on Montauk Highway when he drove off the roadway and struck a utility pole.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, and nobody was injured.
Garcia-Chitay ran from the scene on foot but was arrested a short time later, p…
ID Released For Southampton Resident Killed After Lirr Train Hits Car In Eastport
Officials have released the name of the person struck and killed by a Long Island Railroad train.
Suffolk County resident, Malkhaz Khutsishvili, age 63, of the hamlet of Speonk in Southampton, was killed around 6:30 p.m., on Monday, May 8 in Eastport, MTA officials said.
Earlier report: LIRR Train Hits Car, Kills Person In Eastport
At the time of the crash, the railroad gates were down and the warning lights were flashing, but the car edged under the gates and was struck at the South Bay Avenue crossing, officials said.
Khutsishvili was the only person in the vehicle, the MTA sa…
