Hampton Bays Hit-and-Run Claims Million Dollar Beach House Star Sara Burack
A hush falls upon Montauk’s moonlit crossroads, as though the tide itself carries whispers of a star gone too soon. Sara Burack, the radiant real estate agent who graced Netflix’s Million Dollar Beach House with her keen eye and Hamptons glamour in 2020, was tragically struck and killed in a hit-and-run on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays, New York. Southampton Town Police confirmed in a June 19 press release obtained by NBC News that officers answered a 911 call reporting “a woman lying” in the early hours. Upon arrival, they discovered Burack unconscious with severe injuries from a vehicle that fled before help could arrive. Despite frantic efforts, she was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital, leaving family, friends, and the real estate world in stunned disbelief.
In life, Burack had woven her own modern fairytale. After years helping her family’s commercial construction material business, she answered a deeper calling. A summer stint as a property manager sparked her love affair with architecture and ocean breezes, drawing her to Nest Seekers International in the Hamptons. Over a decade, she built a name selling dream estates on Long Island’s sun-kissed shores, even venturing briefly into Manhattan’s glittering skyline. A post on her Instagram (@luxgrouppalmbeach) reveals her passion: “Real estate felt like poetry in brick and stone,” she once told Hamptons.com in August 2020, her eyes alight with coastal promise.
Viewers flocked to the Netflix series not only for the sprawling mansions but for Sara’s warm laugh and savvy negotiation style—qualities that radiated through every deal. When cameras stopped rolling after one season, she remained a fixture in the Hamptons social pages, hosting charity galas and sharing sunrise reflections on her beachfront veranda. Her sudden end on that deserted stretch of Montauk Highway feels surreal, like a line of verse cut short in mid-sentence.
Now, Southampton Town Police have launched a manhunt for the fleeing driver, appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage that could unveil the identity of the culprit. E! News, NBC News, and local outlets have all reached out to authorities, urging anyone with information to come forward. In cafes and boardrooms alike, colleagues light candles in her memory, and Instagram tributes flood with heart emojis and messages of shock: “She was the heartbeat of our team,” one agent laments, “and now we’re left with the echo.”
Though the coastal breeze still dances through Burack’s beloved Hamptons enclave, her presence lingers in every open house and sandy pathway. As investigators chase fleeting clues, her story reminds us that beauty and tragedy often walk lockstep along the shoreline. In this silence, the sea offers no forgiveness, only reflection. A bittersweet ending, or merely the beginning of a quest for justice?
Sources: Celebrity Storm and Southampton Town Police press release; NBC News; E! News; Hamptons.com
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