Crime & Safety
Woman Charged in Hit and Run that Killed Man
A 33-year-old New York woman was charged after hitting a man on Route 138 Saturday night.
A man was killed after being struck by a car near the Route 138 overpass Saturday night and a 33-year-old New York woman is facing charges after she allegedly left the scene.
Police said Jessica Gosdoski, of Oceanside, N.Y., struck a man who was reportedly stumbling along the side of Admiral Kalbfus Road at around 9 p.m.
The man was not immediately identified.
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Gosdoski reportedly left the scene, but came back and turned herself into police early Sunday morning.
She was held overnight and was arraigned before a justice of the peace.
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