Crime & Safety

Hit And Run In East Patchogue

Update: Teenager charged with fleeing scene after colliding with 66-year-old woman.

A teenager from Bellport crashed into a 66-year-old woman on Montauk Highway at Route 101 Monday morning at 8:10 a.m. according to Suffolk County Police. The unidentified woman was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Gabriel Turner, 16, fled the scene in his 1997 Nissan Sedan after colliding with the woman's 1998 Ford. Turner was found after a 30-minute pursuit and charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident.


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