Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Seriously Injured In Hit-And-Run: Suffolk Police
The man was looking at a disabled vehicle while standing on the shoulder of a road when he was struck, police say.
MELVILLE, NY — A pedestrian was seriously injured in Melville on Saturday afternoon, Suffolk police said.
Nadil Ceka, 58, of Brooklyn, was looking at a disabled vehicle while standing on the shoulder of southbound Bagatelle Road, south of Dix Woods Drive, when he was struck by a vehicle that left the scene around 1:10 p.m., police said.
The driver of the vehicle, possibly a grey Hyundai, fled southbound on Bagatelle Road, police said.
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Ceka was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip in an ambulance for treatment of serious injuries that are not life-threatening, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Major Case Unit detectives at 631-852-6555 or Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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