East Northport Fatal Hit-and-run Suspect Charged
By Timothy Bolger Posted on May 2, 2014
An accused hit-and-run driver was arrested hours after allegedly running over and killing a crash victim and fleeing the scene in East Northport on Thursday, Suffolk County police said.
Ryan Bales was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal incident.
Police said the 24-year-old suspect struck Alexander Zydel, 20, who had been lying in Soundview Avenue after being ejected from Ford Explorer that he crashed into a tree shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday, police said.
Zydel was taken to Huntington Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Both he and were from East Northport.
Bales will be arraigned Friday at First District Court in Central Islip.
Timothy Bolger
Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who's been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he's not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won't be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.
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