Man Charged With Felony DWI After Crash: Police

Southampton NY

01 July, 2021

6:18 PM

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FLANDERS, NY — A Flanders man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash Thursday, police said. According to Southampton Town Police, at 1:26 p.m., a 911 call came in about an "erratic motorist" driving south on Flanders Road in Flanders. A short while later the driver struck another vehicle and fled the scene without stopping, police said. Octavio Solano, 37, was located on Oak Avenue in Flanders; Solano was arrested and charged with felony DWI; leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, a violation; drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle, a violation; second-degree unlicensed operation, a misdemeanor; and circumventing an interlock device, a misdemeanor, police said. Solano was processed and held for morning arraignment, police said.