Woman Dies From Injuries Sustained In Bay Shore Hit-And-Run Crash

BAY SHORE, NY — A Bay Shore woman who was injured in a hit-and-run crash in Bay Shore last month, died from her injuries, Suffolk Police confirmed on Tuesday.

On February 10, Mary Barbato was walking on Moffitt Boulevard, near Brentwood Road, when she was struck by a car that fled the scene, police said. Barbato, 74, was then transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore in critical condition.

She later died from her injuries on February 23. Edward Kadir, 78, of Bay Shore was arrested on February 12 in connection to the incident and charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident with serious physical injury, police said.

During Kadir's arraignment on Tuesday, prosecutors said they might possibly upgrade the charge to leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death, Newsday reports.

"It was dark and rainy outside and he did not realize that he had hit someone," his attorney, David Besso, told Newsday. "When he came to the realization he immediately turned himself in. He knows it was the right thing to do."

Kadir was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court April 6.