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Alleged Hit-Run Driver Nabbed In Crash Injuring Woman Near Long Island Rail Road Station

One of two suspected hit-and-run drivers has been arrested following a crash that injured a woman near a Long Island Rail Road station.

Brentwood Road near the Brentwood Long Island Rail Road station. 

Brentwood Road near the Brentwood Long Island Rail Road station. 

Photo Credit: Google Maps street view/Canva user ama54

The incident happened around 3 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11 in Brentwood.

Suffolk County Police said the 37-year-old woman was walking southbound on Brentwood Road at the Long Island Rail Road crossing when she was struck by a gray sedan. She was then hit by a blue sedan.

Neither driver stopped to check on the woman, police said.

The victim, a resident of Brentwood, was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of serious injuries.

On Monday, Feb. 19, detectives arrested 54-year-old Luis Melendez, of Brentwood, and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident with serious injury.

Melendez was allegedly driving a Honda Accord, the first vehicle to strike the woman. He is expected to be arraigned at Third District Court in Central Islip at a later date.

The driver of the second vehicle remains at large.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to contact Suffolk County Police at 631-854-8352 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

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