Man Killed, 3 Others Hurt in Hit-and-Run Crash in Medford

MEDFORD, NY- A 61-year-old woman is charged with leaving the scene of an accident that killed a man and injured three other people in Medford Friday night.

According to police, 28-year-old Peter Quoma, of Selden, had exited his 1997 Nissan Maxima after it struck a parked vehicle in front of 228 Granny Road, west of Route 112. As Quoma and the owner of the parked vehicle, a 58-year-old Lake Grove woman, stood outside their vehicles, a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe heading east on Granny Road struck them and their cars at 8:21 p.m.

The driver of the Hyundai, later identified as Kathy Horan, of Medford, fled the scene, police said.

Quoma was transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The owner of the parked vehicle is being treated for serious injuries at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. Two passengers who remained inside Quoma’s car after the initial crash were taken to Stony Brook University Hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Horan, who was not injured, was located and arrested at an unspecified location. She is charged with leaving the scene of an incident without reporting involving a fatality and leaving the scene involving serious physical injury.

Horan was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday.

The investigation is continuing and police are asking anyone with information to contact the Vehicular Crime Unit at 631-852-6555.