UPDATE: Arrest Made in Hit-and-Run Boat Crash That Seriously Injured Woman

UPDATE 5:20 p.m. Thursday: Bennett M. Ragusa, 59, of Island Park, has been arrested, Nassau Police said. He is charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving serious physical injury under New York State Navigation Law.

Original story:

Nassau County police are searching for a man who fled the scene of a boat crash in Reynolds Channel that severely injured an Island Park woman on Sunday.

According to detectives, a man was on his 18-foot boat with family members at 7:15 p.m. and traveling through a posted 5 mph zone of Reynolds Channel. A larger vessel, described as a “Cigarette”-style boat that was blue with a white hull, was traveling at a high rate of speed and struck the rear of his boat and traveled up to the center console.

The vessel then backed off the boat and fled toward Oceanside. As a result of the collision, the owner's wife, a 50-year-old woman, who was hit by the hull of the speeding boat, suffered multiple serious injures.

The boater who fled the scene is described as a white male, 50 to 60 years old, with bald or thinning hair, a goatee and tanned skin.

After being able to return home on their boat, the injured victim was transported to the hospital by the Island Park Fire Department and was admitted for treatment of her injuries.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding the crash to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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