Nassau County police arrested the driver of a vehicle who struck and seriously injured a motorcycle rider in Garden City Saturday morning.
Authorities say 69-year-old James Gallagher of Garden City was driving a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder and attempted to make a left turn onto Old County Road when he struck the motorcycle traveling down on Old County Road at 9:20 a.m.
Gallagher did not stop his vehicle.
The 29-year-old motorcycle rider was taken to an area hospital where he is listed in critical but serious condition. The unidentified victim sustained internal injuries and had part of his right foot amputated.
A Garden City officer found Gallagher driving on a side street near the scene of the accident and placed him under arrest.
Gallagher is charged with Leaving the Scene of a Serious Physical Injury Collision and was arraigned on Sunday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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The parolee shot and killed along with a Hofstra University student by police won praise from a state parole panel in 2011 before his conditional release from prison.
The parolee shot and killed along with a Hofstra University student by police won praise from a state parole panel in 2011 before his conditional release from prison.
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An emotional funeral service has been held for a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.
An emotional funeral service has been held for a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police. Andrea Rebello's family followed the pastor Wednesday as he led her white cloth-draped coffin to the altar at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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As a family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra junior killed by a cop's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, questions remain about how police handled the situation.
As a family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra junior killed by a cop's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, questions remain about how police handled the situation.
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Authorities say one person is dead and another was injured when the vehicle they were in ran off the road and crashed into Huntington harbor on Long Island Saturday evening.
Authorities say one person is dead and another was injured when the vehicle they were in ran off the road and crashed into Huntington harbor on Long Island Saturday evening.
