Jogger Fatally Struck by Hit-And-Run Driver in St. James

SAINT JAMES, NY – A 37-year-old teacher was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as he jogged on the shoulder of a St. James road Sunday morning, Suffolk Police said.

Michael McDermott, a physical education teacher at William T. Rogers Middle School in Kings Park, was jogging on the shoulder of the southbound lane of Lake Avenue, north of Oak Street, when he was struck by a southbound 2014 Nissan sedan at 12:21 p.m.

McDermott, of Smithtown, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, 32-year-old Keith Clancy, fled the scene.

Police located Clancy driving the Nissan eastbound on the Long Island Expressway. He was pulled over by a Seventh Precinct officer near Exit 69 in Manorville at about 12:49 p.m.

Clancy, of Mattituck, was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He is being held overnight at the Seventh Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip Monday morning.

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