Cops: Man fled after stealing, crashing car

A 32-year-old Great Neck man was arrested Tuesday night after he stole a car from a 7-Eleven parking lot, was involved in a crash a few blocks away and then tried to flee the scene on foot, police said.

The incident occurred at 9:20 p.m. in New Hyde Park, after police said a 20-year-old man left the engine of his 2002 Honda running as he ran into the 7-Eleven on New Hyde Park Road. While the victim was in the store, police said Nunez took the car.

The victim called 911, police said, and a Nassau Highway Patrol Bureau officer almost immediately spotted the car traveling in the opposite direction on New Hyde Park Road and made a U-turn to follow it.

By that time, police said, Nunez had been involved in a collision with two other vehicles and had fled on foot.

Police said he was arrested after a foot pursuit.