Tragic Hit-and-Run in the Hamptons: Celebrity Agent Killed
A Virginia woman is in trouble after her car struck a famous real estate agent in Southampton, New York. The crash happened around 3 am near Villa Paul Restaurant along Montauk Highway.
Sara Burack, 40, once known from Netflix’s ‘Million Dollar Beach House,’ was found unconscious at the scene. She was rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital but sadly never made it. Reports say she suffered brain bleeds and a fractured skull.
The driver, 32-year-old Amanda Kempton, is now under arrest following an intense manhunt. Kempton, whose background details include a stint as a marine biologist, claims she didn’t know she had hit someone. Instead, she thought she struck a traffic cone.
After spending time at a local tavern that night, Kempton left and later discovered what appeared to be Sara Burack’s pink suitcase lodged under her vehicle at a friend’s home. Her lawyer stressed that alcohol wasn’t a factor during the incident.
Now, Kempton faces serious legal trouble—she could serve up to 7 years in prison if convicted on felony charges related to leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
The New York Post reported the following:
A Virginia woman arrested in the fatal hit-and-run death of hot shot Hamptons real estate agent Sara Burack thought she’d hit a traffic cone, her lawyer claimed during a Saturday morning court appearance.
Marine biologist Amanda Kempton pleaded not guilty and was released from police custody after her family, who live in Manorville, put up collateral in lieu of $100,000 bail, officials said during her arraignment in Southampton Town Justice Court.
Kempton, 32, choked back tears as prosecutor MacDonald Drane requested the high bail, describing her as a flight risk who fled the scene and who had been set to return to Virginia Saturday for a wedding.
She faces seven years in prison on a felony charge of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident in which there is a fatality.
The scientist allegedly spent time at a tavern before the Thursday incident in which she allegedly mowed down Burack in Hampton Bays, prosecutors said.
Alcohol is not considered a factor in the case, Kempton’s lawyer told the court.
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