Investigators Seeking Truck Driver In Suffolk Hit-And-Run: Police

PATCHOGUE, NY — Suffolk police are searching for the commercial truck driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that took down four utility poles in Patchogue on Tuesday, leaving many businesses out of power for about a day.

The truck crashed into poles on Terry Street at around noon on Monday and did not stop, leaving an estimated 20 businesses on south Main Street without power, Mayor Paul Pontieri said, adding that it is believed to be a food service truck one because one of the surveillance cameras in the area picked it up in the parking lot at that time.

Terry Street is a side street that runs parallel to the village's bustling Main Street and leads to two large municipal parking lots that workers and shoppers use.

The power outage ran from Whiskey Neat to Bobbique, including Ruta Oaxaca, The Village Idiot, James Joyce Irish Pub, The Cheese Patch, and That Meetball Place to name a few.

"The good news is everybody is back," Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce Executive Director David Kennedy said Wednesday. "All services have been restored and business moves on as normal polls have been replaced."

Further details were not released by police.

Anyone with information on the crash can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.