Prosecutor: Exec charged in fatal crash tried to flee US
This story has been corrected to show that Ludwick was arrested in Sag Harbor, New York, not Puerto Rico.
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Authorities say a New York City real estate executive facing vehicular homicide and drunken driving charges over a fatal crash in the Hamptons tried to flee to South America.
A spokesman for the Suffolk County district attorney says Sean Ludwick was apprehended on Tuesday in Sag Harbor, New York. The spokesman, Robert Clifford, says Ludwick was trying to buy a boat large enough to take him to South America.
Ludwick was free on $1 million bond after being indicted in the August death of a passenger in the town of Southampton.
After his capture, he was ordered held without bail Wednesday. His attorney declined to comment.