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A 17-year-old has been accused of leaving the scene following a motor vehicle crash that killed a woman overnight at a Long Island intersection.
The teenage boy was traveling in Central Islip eastbound on Locust Street in a 2006 BMW 525, when the BMW struck the passenger side of a southbound 2015 Honda Accord on Islip Avenue, Thursday, April 15 at approximately 8:15 p.m., Suffolk County Police said.
The crash forced the Accord into oncoming traffic, where it was struck on the driver’s side by a northbound 2016 GMC pickup truck, according to Suffolk County Police.
The teen fled the scene on foot and was later arrested, said police.
The driver of the Honda, a 52-year-old Brentwood woman, was transported by Brentwood Legion Ambulance to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, where she was pronounced dead, according to police. Her name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The driver of the GMC, Bernardino Pereira, age 53, of Brentwood, was transported by East Brentwood Fire Department to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of minor injuries.
The 17-year-old was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday, April 16.
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