Drunken Driver In Maserati Crashes Into Riverhead Restaurant: PD

RIVERHEAD, NY — A man was charged with driving while intoxicated after he crashed his Maserati into the Dark Horse Restaurant in Riverhead Friday night, police said.

According to Riverhead Police, the crash happened at 11:18 p.m. when Mark Szynaka, 61, of Riverhead, who was driving a 2017 Maserati, crashed into the restaurant on East Main Street.

Szynaka was arrested, charged with DWI, transported to Riverhead Police headquarters to be processed and held for morning arraignment, police said.

In a post on Facebook Ross Cummings, who manages the restaurant, "What a night."

A post from Dark Horse, owned by Dee Muma and managed by Cummings, said: "So this was our night. We are blessed to say no one was hurt as we were closed at the time. Our staff, the driver, and our tenants are all okay. Tables, booths, and chairs can be rebuilt. Lives can not be unlost so to say we are lucky is beyond an understatement."

Speaking with Patch Saturday, Cummings said the experience was "surreal. It was quite the spectacle."

Cummings said he was at Craft'D nearby when he got the call that someone had crashed into the restaurant. "I bolted down the street and saw the lights," he said. "Thankfully, we were closed."

Also, Cummings said, all the support and crossbeams remain intact and the building is fine structurally; no power lines were impacted, either. "As far as someone crashing into a building, we were about as lucky as you can get," he said.

As of Saturday at 11:30 a.m., all the tables were back inside and, with one section closed off and a tarp over some sheetrock, the restaurant was expected to open by about 12:30 p.m., Cummings said.

"We're back in business," he said.

And, Cummings added: "We are safe. That’s all that matters."