Sara Burack, identified for her appearances on actuality exhibits like “Million Dollar Beach House,” which highlighted the glamorous world of Hamptons actual property, was discovered lifeless early Thursday morning in a tragic hit-and-run incident.
Police acquired a 911 name simply earlier than 3 a.m. Thursday a few physique discovered in the course of Montauk Freeway in Hampton Bays. Authorities report that the motive force of a automotive struck her and fled the scene with out stopping.
Paulette Corsair, an in depth good friend of Burack for over a decade, spoke emotionally in regards to the loss.
“This was an amazing person, loved by so many people,” Corsair stated. “She was a genuine good person who did good and helped others.”
Corsair was on the hospital with Burack’s household and confirmed that Burack died from traumatic mind accidents sustained within the crash. It stays unclear the place Burack was headed on the time of the accident.
Native resident Jeff Kirby is puzzled by why Burack was strolling on Montauk Freeway that late at night time.
“Everything is closed along this whole way — there’s nothing open in Hampton Bays or anywhere around the area,” he stated.
Burack had left her actual property profession a few yr in the past and had turn out to be a frequent customer to the Southampton Library.
Neil Szczygil, who has seen Burack on the library, stated, “I know she was kind of going through a hard time living out here, not really having a place to go, so she was at the library a lot.”
Corsair pleaded with the general public and the motive force accountable.
“To leave her in the street for dead like an animal — please come forward and identify yourself. Give some closure about what happened to her.”
Police haven’t but launched any description of the car concerned. Detectives are at present reviewing close by safety footage in hopes of discovering clues that can result in the hit-and-run driver’s identification.
