An apparently intoxicated luxury home designer crashed his silver Porsche into an oncoming car in the Hamptons on Christmas Day, police said. When asked how much he drank, he reportedly replied, “Just today?”
The driver of the Porsche, Edward Yedid, a wealthy 46-year-old co-founder of the luxury architecture and design firm Grade New York, is said to have told his family in the other car after the accident: ”
According to police records obtained by the newspaper, Yedid was speeding on a deserted road in East Hampton around 2:30 p.m. and swerved into oncoming traffic.
The married father, dressed “head to toe in designer clothes,” replaced his 2021 Porsche Taycan 4S sports car with a 2016 black BMW SUV while taking his family of three to the movies. a collision, a police report and one of them said. Passengers.
Ariana Thomas, 30, of East Hampton, was “casually driving” along Newtown Lane with her partner and father to see the movie “Wicked” when “this guy saw a silver… I was driving my Porsche around (the corners),” he told the Post. .
“We had a split second to react and he just rammed us,” Thomas said of Yedid. The writer was once featured along with his wife in a 2019 New York Times article about the Upper East Side fixer-upper he bought for $2.3 million. .
Thomas said the situation could have been much worse had it not been for the quick reactions of his father, who was driving.
According to Thomas and the police report, her father swerved at the right time, causing the Porsche to hit the front left side of their car instead of a head-on collision.
The trio and Yedid were all treated at a hospital for minor injuries, according to reports and Thomas.
When Yedid got out of the car, “I could immediately smell the alcohol,” Thomas claimed.
“When he got out of the car, he was wearing designer clothes from head to toe and his eyes were completely bloodshot,” the passenger claimed.
According to the arrest report, officers at the scene noticed “the odor of alcoholic beverages on (Yedid’s) breath,” and that he was “unsteady on his feet” and that his “eyes were bloodshot and glassy.” said.
The arrest report states Yedid “performed poorly on all standardized field tests” and “breath samples were taken” and “subsequently arrested.” His blood alcohol level was not disclosed in the document.
After the accident, Yedid told his family: “I’m sorry, my car is going very fast,” Thomas claimed.
The designer also asked the three if they were OK, she said.
“I told him not to talk to me,” Thomas said.
Mr Thomas claimed that when the officer asked Mr Yedid how much alcohol he should drink, the driver replied: “Just for today?”
The report said Yedid was arrested and taken to a hospital in Southampton, but was eventually released after being instructed to return to the police station on December 27 so that police could complete their arrest. .
He was ultimately charged with driving under the influence, failure to drive to the right, improper speed, and driving without a vehicle inspection.
He was released and must appear in court for arraignment on Jan. 8, according to police records.
Yedid did not respond to a posted message Tuesday seeking comment. It is unclear whether he has a lawyer.
The designer and his business partner wrote a book in 2019 titled “New York Contemporary: Architecture and Interiors on the Grade.”
Yedid is also well known in the super-popular area, earning him an interview on the luxury homewares market Invisible Collection’s website entitled “Cool Hot Spots in the Hamptons: Edward Yedid’s Favorite Recommendations.”
“Edward’s Favorite – Dinner at Le Bilboquet in Sag Harbor – Elegant, on the water, great food and service, European feel, and the atmosphere is energetic,” the profile reads.
Ms Thomas said the accident “showed how quickly life can change” for her family.
Ms Thomas said she had a bruise on her right knee, her partner had a cut on his nose and bruises on his head and his father had lower back pain.
“We were in the hospital over Christmas,” she lamented.
