Motorcyclist From Nesconset Critically Hurt in Hit-and-Run Crash

A Nesconset man was critically injured after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in Ronkonkoma Sunday night.

According to police, Charles Giardinello, 40, was riding a motorcycle east on Portion Road, 100 feet east of Avenue B, when the motorcycle struck a westbound pickup truck that was attempting to turn left into a parking lot at about 7:25 p.m. The truck then fled the scene northbound on Avenue B, police said.

Giardinello was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition.

Police are searching for the pickup truck, which is described as a newer model, gray, full-size 4-door truck that sustained damage to its passenger side doors and bed in the crash.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the Vehicular Crime Unit at 631-852-6555 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

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