Man Charged In Connection To Suffolk Hit-And-Run Crash: SCPD

Update (4/29):

NORTH BAY SHORE, NY - A Westbury man was arrested on Sunday in connection to a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist in North Bay Shore this past weekend, according to Suffolk Police.

Oswin Bravo, 61, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injury, police said.

Bravo is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday at First District Court in Central Islip.

Original story (4/27):

NORTH BAY SHORE, NY - A motorcyclist was seriously injured after a hit-and-run crash in North Bay Shore on Saturday night, according to Suffolk County Police.

James Antonelli, 63, of Bay Shore was driving a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Pine Aire Drive, east of Manatuck Boulevard, when the motorcycle was struck by a car that drove out of a 7-Eleven parking lot at 10:47 p.m., police said.

Antonelli was then thrown into the westbound lane where he was struck by a 2004 Mercury sedan.

The Mercury was driven by a 54-year-old Bay Shore woman who stopped and remained at the scene.

The first car, described as a black four-door sedan, fled westbound on Pine Aire Boulevard, police said.

Antonelli was transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of serious injuries.

The vehicles were impounded for safety checks.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the Third Squad at 631-854-8352 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.