20-year-old Runs Over Teen Hitting Car with Baseball Bat

At 9:08 p.m., Sunday New York State Police were dispatched to Tymor Park in Union Vale for a reported hit-and-run.

Troopers located the victim, Michael Esposito, 18, of LaGrangeville, New York, who appeared to have serious internal injuries consistent with being run over by a motor vehicle. Esposito was transported to Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital by Transcare Ambulance where he died.

Their investigation revealed that two groups of young adults ranging in age from 16 to 20 had gone to Tymor Park to engage in illegal conduct that resulted in a confrontation, police said.

During the altercation, Esposito and 18-year-old Joseph M. Calderon retrieved baseball bats from the vehicle they arrived in and began striking the vehicle driven by 20-year-old Aaron W. Scott, of LaGrange, New York.

Scott drove forward over Esposito and fled, police said.

A short time later, Scott’s vehicle was located unoccupied by a Dutchess County Deputy Sheriff on Manor Drive in LaGrange. Troopers then found Scott coming out of a shed behind a residence nearby.

Scott was charged with Manslaughter in the 2nd Degree, a class C Felony, and arraigned in the Town of Union Vale Court before Hon. Paul Pancio. He was sent to the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash bail or $200,000 bond.

Calderon was charged with Criminal Mischief 3rd, a Class E Felony, and released on an appearance ticket returnable to the Town of Union Vale Court.