Drunk Boater Slams Vessel into Jetty, Hampton Bays

Описание: 5.25.25 | by Chris | HAMPTON BAYS, NY - At approximately 8:50pm, Hampton Bays FD, Southampton Town PD, Southampton Town Marine Patrol, the US Coast Guard, and NYS Police responded to a 33 Ft Grady White center console boat that crashed violently into a jetty, after the operator apparently piloted the craft from the Great Peconic Bay towards the Shinnecock canal jetty.

The captain of the vessel, Edward Hillkewicz age 28 of Mastic Beach, NY, was arrested and charged with Boating While Intoxicated, an E felony, Vehicular Assault 2, an E felony, Reckless Operation of a Vessel, an A misdemeanor, along with several summonses of the New York State Navigation Law. The Southampton Town Police Detective Squad is investigating the incident.

According to eyewitness accounts, the vessel hit the jetty with such force that it spun 180 degrees and came to rest on Meschutt Beach. Sources confirmed four passengers suffered a variety of injuries. An adult female victim was flown from the scene to Stony Brook Hospital by a Suffolk County PD aviation unit. Two juveniles were transported by ambulance to Stony Brook, and an adult male was transported to a local hospital.