Sean Ludwick, 42, was driving on Rolling Hill Court East when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a telephone pole at 2 a.m. Sunday, police said. Police received multiple 911 calls around 2 a.m.as Ludwick allegedly fled the scene in his Porsche.
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Southampton Town police say Sean Ludwick was awaiting arraignment Monday in town court. Ludwick then allegedly left his passenger and friend, 53-year-old Paul Hansen, lying in the street and continued driving, only to be stopped by the police a few minutes later.
A Sag Harbor man has been charged with driving while intoxicated after a one-car crash that killed his passenger early Sunday morning, officials have confirmed. The 42-year-old was arraigned Monday in Southampton town court on a misdemeanor DWI charge and a felony count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash.
They declined to name the victim until his family had been notified.
Ludwick was arrested “down the road” from the fatal crash. In addition to the drunken-driving charge, police charged Mr. Ludwick with leaving the scene of an accident in which a fatality occurred.
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Mr. Ludwick has been in trouble with the law at least twice over the past two years, both times on charges of domestic violence, once in Martha’s Vineyard and once in Manhattan.
