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UPDATE: Quiogue Man Arrested After Fleeing Accident; Montauk Highway Remains Closed

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A car crashed into two utility poles shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday on Montauk Highway close to the intersection of South Country Road on Quiogue. BY CAROL MORAN

A car crashed into two utility poles shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday on Montauk Highway close to the intersection of South Country Road on Quiogue. BY CAROL MORAN

A car crashed into two utility poles shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday on Montauk Highway close to the intersection of South Country Road on Quiogue. BY CAROL MORAN

A car crashed into two utility poles shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday on Montauk Highway close to the intersection of South Country Road on Quiogue. BY CAROL MORAN

A car crashed into two utility poles shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday on Montauk Highway close to the intersection of South Country Road on Quiogue. BY CAROL MORAN

A car crashed into two utility poles shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday on Montauk Highway close to the intersection of South Country Road on Quiogue. BY CAROL MORAN

A car crashed into two utility poles shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday on Montauk Highway close to the intersection of South Country Road on Quiogue. BY CAROL MORAN

A car crashed into two utility poles shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday on Montauk Highway close to the intersection of South Country Road on Quiogue. BY CAROL MORAN

authorCarol Moran on Sep 13, 2013
UPDATE: 5:30 p.m. Southampton Town Police Sergeant James Cavanagh said the driver, Coleman McCarthy, 48, fled from his car and ran into the woods after crashing into the two utility... more

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