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UPDATE: Car That Crashed Into Sag Harbor Storefront Thursday Night Had Once Belonged To Truman Capote

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A Ford Mustang Convertible crashed into Henry Lehr in Sag Harbor Village on Thursday night. Ed Hoyt

A Ford Mustang Convertible crashed into Henry Lehr in Sag Harbor Village on Thursday night. Ed Hoyt

A Ford Mustang convertible crashed into Henry Lehr in Sag Harbor Village on Thursday night. Ed Hoyt

A Ford Mustang convertible crashed into Henry Lehr in Sag Harbor Village on Thursday night. Ed Hoyt

authorAlisha Steindecker on Apr 28, 2016
UPDATE: Friday, 3:45 p.m. The 1968 Ford Mustang driven by Myron Clement, which crashed into Henry Lehr in Sag Harbor Thursday, had once belonged to novelist Truman Capote, according to... more

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