Crime & Safety
Wyandanch Man With 26 Suspensions On License Fled Crash: Police
The crash left 3 people, including the driver who fled, with minor injuries, police say.
KINGS PARK, NY - A Wyandanch man was charged with driving with 26 suspensions on his license after leaving the scene of an accident in Kings Park on Sunday night, according to Suffolk Police.
Rigoberto Campos, 30, was driving a 2010 Nissan Altima southbound on Indian Head Road, near Old Northport Road at 6:15 p.m. when his car struck a 2006 Lexus driven by 77-year-old Audrey Montante, of Kings Park, police said.
He continued driving for a quarter mile before he stopped his car and fled the scene on foot, police said.
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Officers apprehended and arrested Campos in a nearby wooded area at 6:45 p.m.
Campos, a male passenger in the Altima, and a male passenger in the Lexus were transported by Kings Park Fire Department ambulance to St. Catherine of Sienna Medical Center in Smithtown with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Montante were not injured.
Campos was charged with first degree aggravated unlicensed operation and leaving the scene of an accident with injury.
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