Crime & Safety
Cops: Porsche Driver Who Caused Accident Was Drunk
Garden City man arrested in accident that sent two to the hospital and tied up traffic.
A Garden City man who caused a three-vehicle accident on North Sea Road Monday was drunk at the time, according to Southampton Village Police
Police said that eyewitnesses reported a 2013 Porsche 911 ran into the back of a 2002 Saturn that was stopped in traffic near the Sanford Place intersection, causing a chain-reaction that sent the Saturn into the rear of a 1974 Volkswagen Beetle.
Southampton Village Volunteer Ambulance transported occupants of the Saturn and Volkswagen to Southampton Hospital, where they were treated and released, police said.
The driver of the Porsche, 42-year-old Simon C. Dolmaian was placed under arrest at 5:44 p.m. on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, both misdemeanors.
North Sea Road between Bowden Square and West Prospect Street was shut down for an hour as firefighters and ambulance crews were on scene.
