Man Critically Injured In Hit-Run Long Island Crash

Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash near a Long Island intersection that left a man critically injured.

Mastic Road near Herkimer Street in Mastic.
Photo Credit: *Google Maps street view*

11/21/2021 8:00 a.m.

It happened around 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 in Mastic.

Transito Sanchez, age 54, was walking westward from Mastic Road to Herkimer Street when he was struck by a pickup truck at 4:59 p.m. The vehicle, possibly a dark-colored Dodge Ram pickup truck with four doors, fled southbound on Mastic Road, Suffolk County Police said.

Sanchez, of Mastic, was helped by a good Samaritans at the scene, according to police.

He was taken by the Mastic Ambulance Company to Stony Brook University Hospital where he is in critical condition.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to call Seventh Squad detectives at 631-852-8752.

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