A driver was arrested on various charges after the truck he was driving allegedly struck and killed an 81-year-old Sag Harbor woman who was crossing a road in Bridgehampton on Monday evening, Southampton Town Police said.
Anna Pump was crossing Montauk Highway on a crosswalk in front of the Bridgehampton Post Office when she was hit by a westbound Dodge Dakota pickup at 7:22 p.m., police said.
The driver, 40-year-old Louis Ortega, was charged with circumventing an interlock device, unlicensed operation and failing to yield for a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
Detectives are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information about this crash to call them at 631-702-2230 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
