Suffolk County Police have arrested a man after he fled the scene of a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a woman in Patchogue.
On April 23, Bryam Moscoso Gomez was driving a 2009 Honda Accord southbound on Route 112, north of Barton Avenue, when the vehicle struck Meaghan Murray as she was crossing the roadway from east to west at approximately 8:35 p.m.
Murray, 42, of Lake Ronkonkoma, was airlifted by police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
A Fifth Precinct Patrol officer located the Honda on the westbound Sunrise Highway service road at Chestnut Avenue in Patchogue and arrested Moscoso Gomez at 9:54 p.m.
Major Case Unit detectives charged Moscoso Gomez, 25, of 61 Coram Swezytown Road, Middle Island, with Leaving the Scene of a Crash Resulting in Serious Physical Injury. He was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on April 24.