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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.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/21/us-news/woman-in-court-in-hamptons- hit-and-run-death-of-sara-burack/
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