Suffolk County Police have arrested a Dix Hills man on charges of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash that occurred on Grand Boulevard on Feb. 24.
First Squad detectives charged William Koster, 31, of 4 Dix Circle, with leaving the scene of an accident on March 2. Koster, whose passenger was seriously injured in the crash, was arraigned Tuesday at First District Court in Central Islip.
Daniel Garcia and Jani Martinez were passengers in a 2002 Hyundai Sonata that was traveling east on Grand Boulevard when the vehicle struck a Volvo 18-wheel tractor trailer, driven by Christopher Bertovich at 11:43 p.m.
Garcia, 20, and Martinez, 33, were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip. Garcia, of North Babylon, is listed in serious condition and Martinez, of Bay Shore, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Bertovich, 49, of Pennsylvania, was not injured in the crash.
Police say Koster was the driver of the 2002 Hyundai fled the scene on foot prior to the arrival of police.
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