January 10, 2013

Pedestrian Critically Injured in Hit and Run Crash


Suffolk County Police Third Squad detectives are investigating a hit and run crash in West Islip that left a teenage male critically injured. 

Police responded to a report that a pedestrian was hit by a car and was lying in the road on Udall Avenue. When police arrived, they found that the male victim was unconscious. Witnesses at the scene reported seeing a light blue car traveling northbound on Udall Road and then turning westbound on Alinda Avenue. The vehicle is believed to have damage to both the driver’s side headlight assembly and the driver’s side side-view mirror.

The victim was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he is in critical condition.