What Happened
Southampton Town Police officers responded at approximately 8:26 PM on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, to the area of CR.104 near CR.105 in Flanders for a report of a two-vehicle crash in which one vehicle had left the scene, according to a press release issued by the department and prepared by Sgt. Nicholas Badagliacca (Case #ST26050051).
Officers located a 2002 Ford sedan a short time later and determined it was the vehicle involved in the accident. Further investigation found that the driver, Miroslaw Jastrzebski, 62, of Riverhead, was allegedly operating in an intoxicated condition. He was arrested at the scene and transported to Southampton Town Police headquarters for processing. He was held overnight for morning arraignment at Southampton Town Justice Court.
Jastrzebski was charged with Driving While Intoxicated (Misdemeanor) and Leaving the Scene of an Accident with Property Damage (Violation). No injuries were reported in the crash.
Local Crash Record
The Town of Southampton — which includes the hamlet of Flanders — recorded 2,595 reported crashes in 2024, per New York State DMV crash data. For the four-year period 2021 through 2024, the town recorded 9,585 reported crashes in total, of which 2,049 involved an injury and 31 were fatal (2,240 crashes in 2021; 2,292 in 2022; 2,458 in 2023), per the NYS DMV Motor Vehicle Crashes — Case Information: Four Year Window dataset. Those figures cover the Town of Southampton as a whole, not the hamlet of Flanders specifically.
LIT has published two prior reports on incidents in Flanders in the past 12 months; see the LIT Flanders incident index for the full registry.
What we don’t know yet: The outcome of the scheduled arraignment and the identity or condition of the driver of the second vehicle involved in the crash have not been reported in the available evidence.
Source: Southampton Town Police Department press release, Case #ST26050051, prepared by Sgt. Nicholas Badagliacca, issued 10/15/2026.*
Sources
- Southampton Town Police Department (official record)