Crime & Safety
Arrest Made In Connection With Valley Stream Hit-And-Run: Police
The 8-year-old victim was taken to a nearby hospital with a broken leg.
VALLEY STREAM, NY — Police have arrested a Valley Stream man in connection with a hit-and-run Sunday in Valley Stream that left an 8-year-old girl with a broken leg.
Heath Underweiser, 52, faces a charge of leaving the scene of an incident with an injury. He was released on a desk appearance ticket and was scheduled to appear in court March 2.
The girl was playing in an alleyway behind a home on Dartmouth Street when she was struck by a black SUV, police said.
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The girl was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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