(Long Island, NY) Suffolk County Police today arrested a Bay Shore man for leaving the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian on Redington Street in Bay Shore on September 5.
Elvin Ponce, 30, of Brentwood was struck by a vehicle that was traveling eastbound on Redington Street, east of Brook Avenue, at approximately 3:10 a.m. The victim was transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore where he was pronounced dead.
Suffolk County Police today arrested Saquan Johnson, 24, of Bay Shore for leaving the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian in Bay Shore on September 5. Photo Credit: SCPD.
Vehicular Crime Unit detectives arrested Saquan Johnson, 24, and charged him with Leaving the Scene of an Incident without Reporting Involving a Fatality. Johnson will be held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on September 9.
The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact Vehicular Crime Unit detectives at 631-852-6555 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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