19-Year-Old Charged In Amagansett Hit-And-Run: Police

East Hampton NY

11 August, 2021

8:42 AM

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AMAGANSETT, NY — A Hong Kong teenager was seriously injured after he was struck by a driver who sped off in Amagansett Tuesday night, police said. The crash happened at 11:35 p.m. on Old Stone Highway near Eastwood Court when Daniel Campbell, 19, of Montauk, was driving north in a 2012 Honda Pilot and struck Devesh Santani, 18, who was walking in the road, police said. Campbell drove off and was arrested at his home at 2:43 a.m. Wednesday morning, police said. Campbell was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident and is scheduled to be arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court at a later date, police said. Santani was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he remains in serious condition, police said. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact the East Hampton Town Police Department's detective division at 631-537-6989.