15-Year-Old Bicyclist Seriously Injured In Hit-And-Run Crash: PD

BABYLON, NY — A Bay Shore woman was arrested on Saturday afternoon after fleeing the scene of a crash that seriously injured a teenage bicyclist in Babylon, according to Suffolk police.

Jocelin Nunez Martinez, 21, was driving a 2011 Nissan Titan pickup truck eastbound on West Main Street, just west of Thompson Avenue, when her car struck the 15-year-old, who was riding a bicycle southbound across West Main Street, at 4:55 p.m., police said.

Nunez Martinez then fled the scene in the Nissan. First Precinct officers responded to the scene and apprehended Nunez Martinez a short time later at the corner of Fire Island Avenue and Lewis Circle in Babylon.

The Babylon teen was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for treatment of serious injuries, police said.

First Squad detectives charged Nunez Martinez with leaving the scene of an accident and possession of a forged instrument, police said.

She was also issued multiple summonses for traffic violations. She is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip at a later date.

The car was impounded for a safety check. The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call the First Squad at 631-854-8152