Topics: Film and TV, Netflix, New York, Crime
The famous realtor Sara Burack has been tragically found dead at the age of 40, and police said they've launch a manhunt for an alleged suspect on the run.
The successful estate agent who appeared on the reality Netflix series Million Dollar Beach House has reportedly died in a hit-and-run.
Burack reportedly died after being found unconscious on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays, New York, on Thursday (June 19), according to News 12 Connecticut.
The 40-year-old was raced to Stony Brook University Hospital after she was found, but died later that day from her injuries.
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Southampton Town Police were first alerted to reports of a woman lying unconscious and appearing 'injured' near Villa Paul Restaurant at around 2.45am, reports Dan's Papers. Cops then determined her injuries appeared to suggest she had been struck by a vehicle.
Officers have since confirmed to local outlets that they are still hunting for the driver involved in the alleged hit-and-run. The authorities have not provided a description of the suspect or the vehicle at the current time.
The restaurant also told The Daily Mail it was shut at the time of the accident and that her body had been discovered by a cleaner from a hotel nearby.
Burack was a resident in Southampton and accumulated an impressive social media following for her real estate intel, posting images of lavish properties and of her own luxurious lifestyle.
According to Greater Long Island, Burack was a successful broker whose career spanned from working with Nest Seekers International in The Hamptons and New York City, a global real estate firm that specialises in luxury properties.
The Daily Mail added she worked primarily for the firm before leaving the agency just last year.
She is best known for her famed appeared on the Netflix TV series, which ran for one season in 2020 where real estate agents were pitted against one another in an apparent ruthless competition to close deals on some of the Hamptons top clients.
"My family has a commercial construction material sales business that I spent many years of my life working for," Burack said to Hamptons.com back in 2020.
"I have always been intrigued by real estate projects and decided to become a broker after my experience as a summer property manager in the summer house I would rent."
"I have been spending half the year in the Hamptons for the past 11 years. It was only natural to turn my love for real estate into a blossoming career," she added.
Paying tribute to his friend, fellow real estate agent Paulette Corsair told the Daily Mail that she was with Burack just hours before she died.
"Sara was always laughing and there for everyone. She was an amazing person," she said. "The most hardworking person you'll ever meet."
While she said she was a 'top agent', she highlighted Burack should be celebrated and remembered for her charitable work.
Paulette added: "She was a philanthropist. She helped raise money for cancer charities and animal things. She had her whole life ahead of her."
