The “King of Queens” alum, 59, said at the time, “I’ve just got three things to say: God bless our troops, God bless America and, gentlemen, start your engines.”
Romy enthusiastically delivered the last part of the phrase in the clip, smiling and waving her arms high.
Romy Lauer shared a silly video on TikTok about racing a car just hours before crashing her vehicle. Romy Lauer/TikTok In the clip, the 20-year-old mouthed the words, “Gentlemen, start your engines.” Romy Lauer/TikTok
The college student and her pals were out to dinner at the time at sushi hotspot Kissaki in the Hamptons neighborhood Water Mill.
Shortly after, around 4 a.m. on the morning of July 5, a concerned local notified police that they heard a loud noise near North Sea Mecox Road and were worried someone was hurt.
When officers arrived, the person who crashed was not on the scene, but law enforcement found a damaged fence, sign and a license plate that had been left behind.
Page Six exclusively reported Wednesday that Southhampton Town police were able to identify Romy as the driver who had fled the accident because the plate belonged to her Jeep Wrangler.
Hours later, Romy, seen here in 2021, crashed her car into a fence and a sign and then fled the scene, per police. Elder Ordonez / SplashNews.com Cops were able to identify that the car belonged to Romy because she left her license plate behind. @romylauer/Instagram
The young woman, whom Matt shares with his ex-wife Annette Roque, was issued a summons for leaving the scene of the crime, cops confirmed to us.
Five days after the crash, Romy was back on TikTok posting more videos.
Romy, seen here in January, is the daughter of ex-“Today” show anchor Matt Lauer and model Annette Roque. Romy Lauer/Instagram Matt, pictured above in 2016, has not issued a statement on his daughter’s accident. / SplashNews.com
On July 9, she shared her excitement over a trip to Europe she had planned, writing in the caption of a video of herself posing in front of a mirror, “spain tomorrowww.”
In addition to Romy, Matt, 66, and Roque, 57, share sons Jack, 23, and Thijs, 17.
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