Sayville woman in SUV struck jogger and fled, Suffolk County police say

The Suffolk County police arrested and charged a Sayville woman Tuesday after she allegedly fled the scene in an SUV after hitting and seriously injuring a jogger in the hamlet.

Heather Foster, 50, was the driver who hit Michele Walters, 60, of Sayville, about 5:45 a.m. on Saturday, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a news release.

After the crash, which occurred near Brook Street and Cherry Avenue, the vehicle "fled the scene," the police said in a Sunday news release.

First responders transported Walters to South Shore Hospital in Bay Shore with serious injuries, police said. Updates on her condition late Tuesday were not available. 

Authorities asked the public for assistance in locating what they described as a dark-colored SUV with front-end damage, Newsday previously reported. Following an investigation, "the 2021 Mazda CX 5 involved in the crash" and other evidence was recovered at Foster's home, police said Tuesday in an updated release.

Foster was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with serious physical injury, police said. She is expected to be held overnight at the department's Fourth Precinct in Smithtown and arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Central Islip. It was not immediately known late Tuesday if she was represented by counsel.