Crime & Safety

Hills East Senior Injured in Hit and Run

Student is struck by a vehicle outside of the high school, airlifted to hospital.

A senior was injured in a hit-and-run car accident Wednesday afternoon outside the entrance of the high school.

Suffolk County Police said the 18-year-old male, from Melville, attempted to walk across Vanderbilt Parkway when an oncoming vehicle heading east struck the student and fled the scene.

A helicopter arrived on the track to airlift the student to Stony Brook University Medical Center. While the victim was hospitalized, police said he did not sustain serious injuries, though they did not immediately have further information on his condition.

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Police do not yet have a description of the driver or vehicle.


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