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Suffolk County Man Charged With DWI After Fatal Hit-Run Crash
A Long Island man has been charged with driving while intoxicated and fleeing the scene of a motor vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian overnight.
Darwin Contreras, age 30, was driving a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee in North Bay Shore northbound on Fifth Avenue when the vehicle struck a pedestrian who was crossing the street, in front of 1724 Fifth Ave., at approximately 12:20 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, Suffolk County Police said.
The pedestrian, Dany Ibarra, age 38, of Bay Shore, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examine…
