Overview

• Hillkewicz’s 33-foot Grady-White center console boat struck the Shinnecock Canal jetty near Meschutt Beach County Park at approximately 8:50 p.m. Sunday.
• Five people, including the 28-year-old captain, suffered injuries and were hospitalized.
• Hillkewicz faces charges of boating under the influence, vehicular assault, reckless operation of a vessel and multiple New York State Navigation Law summonses.
• Investigators from the Southampton Town Police Detective Squad and Suffolk County police are conducting a joint probe into the incident.
• The crash highlights ongoing concerns about drunk boating in Great Peconic Bay after a 2019 collision killed one boater and injured three others.