Pair Seriously Injured In Fiery Crash; Man Charged With DWI: PD

Montauk NY

19 July, 2021

5:56 PM

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MONTAUK, NY — A Mastic man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a fiery Montauk crash early Monday that left both him and his passenger seriously injured, police said. According to East Hampton Town Police, the crash took place at 3:02 a.m. on Montauk Highway near Lincoln Avenue. Wilme Chan-Herrera, 26, of Mastic, was arrested and charged with DWI and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, police said. Chan-Herrera was driving a 2019 GMC Terrain west when he lost control of the vehicle and hit a guardrail and a tree, police said. The vehicle became engulfed in flames after Chan-Herrera and the woman, 30, escaped, police said. Both Chan-Herrera and the woman were transported to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital with serious injuries, police said. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call East Hampton Town Police at 631-537-6989; all calls will be kept confidential, police said.