Driver Hit 13-Year-Old On Bike, Left Scene In West Islip: Police

WEST ISLIP, NY — A Deer Park man was arrested Monday after police said he struck a 13-year-old bicyclist in West Islip and left the scene.

The boy was riding a bicycle on Roderick Road, near Spruce Avenue, at about 7:45 p.m. Sunday, when he was struck by a motor vehicle, Suffolk County police said.

The vehicle continued on Roderick Road without stopping, police said.

A citizen saw the bicycle at the intersection of Ruth Street and Kane Street in West Islip and called police earlier Monday, police said.

Following an investigation by Third Precinct Investigative Unit officers, with assistance from the Criminal Intelligence Section and Third Squad detectives, Charles Dreitlein was arrested outside his home in Deer Park at about 6:05 p.m. Monday, police said.

Dreitlein, 67, was charged with third-degree assault and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in personal injury, police said.

He was held overnight at the Third Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday at First District Court in Central Islip.