Sep 1, 2017 11:58 AMThe investigation into the boat crash is not being conducted by the State Department of Environmental Conservation, according to DEC officials.
Mr. Koltzan, who was charged with boating while intoxicated, was identified by Suffolk County Police as a member of their police force on Monday night.
“The Suffolk County Police Department is aware of the charge against Christopher Koltzan and we are taking all appropriate actions,” Assistant Police Commissioner Justin Meyers said in a prepared statement on Monday. “[Mr.] Koltzan has been suspended from the department without pay, and an SCPD internal affairs investigation has been opened and is underway.”
According to Chief Skrynecki, Mr. Koltzan was released in the field with a ticket to appear in Southampton Town Justice Court in Hampton Bays before being taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center where he was treated for minor injuries.
An East Quogue resident was charged with boating while intoxicated after colliding with another boat in Tiana Bay.
Christopher Koltzan, 46, of East Quogue was arrested and charged with boating while intoxicated after he was involved in the accident, which occurred near buoy 12.
Police said Mr. Koltzan was alone in his 26-foot Boston Whaler when he collided with a 27-foot Albemarle boat being driven by Leonard Jackson, 78, of Pomona, who had 10 other occupants on the boat with him.
When the two boats collided, police said, three people were thrown from Mr. Jackson’s boat. The three passengers were retrieved from the water by Mr. Jackson and others on the his boat shortly after the accident, and both boaters went on their way, according to Southampton Town Police Chief Steven Skrynecki.
A short time later, both boats were located, Chief Skrynecki said, and when they found Mr. Koltzan, an investigation revealed that he was intoxicated and had suffered minor injuries in the accident.
The three individuals who were thrown from Mr. Jackson’s boat also suffered minor injuries, Chief Skrynecki said. All four people who suffered injuries in the collision were taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.
Three people were treated for minor injuries after two boats collided Saturday afternoon in Shinnecock Bay.
According to Coast Guard officials, a 25-foot center console boat collided with a 25-foot cuddy cabin recreation boat at approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 26. Both vessels suffered damage, with the center console having its bow damaged and the cuddy cabin having its port-side damaged. Coast Guard officials added that in the collision, two adults and one child were ejected from the recreation boat into the water. The Shinnecock Coast Guard Station sent out its 29-foot Response Boat-Small to assist those injured in the collision. Both damaged boats were able to be brought to shore and the three injured people were taken by ambulance to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead for treatment.
Coast Guard officials added that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will be leading the investigation as to what caused the collision.
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all of them that responded. Heads should roll for trying to cover-up/play down the facts, the driver was (as alleged), a Suffolk County Detective. If it wasn't for the fact that he got hung up on a buoy they wouldn't have got him. This would have been swept under the table, but a different ...more agency exposed it, hooray for some good guys. Shame on you new Chief of Police, training them exactly like Nassau County would do, protecting one of your own. SCIA is now handling it, while SHT Bay Constables have lots-a-egg on their face.
what would happen to you???