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Virginia Woman Arrested in Hamptons Hit-and-Run That Killed Netflix’s Sara Burack

Amanda Kempton has been charged with leaving the scene after authorities linked her to the June 19 collision on Montauk Highway

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Overview

  • Sara Burack, a 40-year-old real estate agent with Nest Seekers International and star of Netflix’s Million Dollar Beach House, was struck by a vehicle in Hampton Bays and later died of her injuries.
  • Emergency responders discovered Burack unconscious near Villa Paul Restaurant shortly before 3 a.m. on June 19 and she was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital.
  • Southampton Town Police detectives and the New York State Police Accident Reconstruction Unit led a joint probe that collected evidence tying a suspect to the crash.
  • Amanda Kempton, 32, of Virginia, was arrested on June 21 and charged with a Class D felony for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death.
  • Colleagues and friends have mourned Burack’s passing and remembered her philanthropic work raising funds for leukemia research and animal rescue initiatives.