Crime & Safety
Man Driving On Drugs Critically Injures Pedestrian: PD
The 42-year-old was driving his 2018 Audi when he struck the 26-year-old pedestrian on Saturday night, police say.
NESCONSET, NY - A Centereach man was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs after a crash that critically injured a pedestrian in Nesconset on Saturday night, according to Suffolk Police.
Jesse Santucci, 42, was driving a 2018 Audi A6 northbound on Rosevale Avenue by Smithtown Boulevard, when his vehicle struck 26-year-old Kevin Harnett, of Ronkonkoma, who walking northbound on the shoulder of the roadway at 8 p.m., police said.
Hartnett was transported by Nesconset Rescue ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition.
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Santucci was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs.
Detectives are asking anyone who may have witnessed this incident to call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220 TIPS.
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