Overview

• Amanda Kempton, 32, of Virginia, was arrested by Southampton Town police on June 21 and charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in a fatality.
• The victim, 40-year-old Sara Burack, was struck around 2:45 a.m. on June 19 while walking on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays and later died at Stony Brook University Hospital.
• Kempton pleaded not guilty at her arraignment, was released on $100,000 bail, and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.
• Her attorney told the court she believed she had hit a traffic cone and only realized she struck a person after finding Burack’s suitcase lodged under her vehicle.
• Burack was a Nest Seekers International agent who appeared on Netflix’s Million Dollar Beach House, and colleagues remember her for her philanthropic work and caring nature.