Cops: Man hit by drunken driver now critical
Suffolk County police said Robert Riscica, 58, was driving drunk when he struck Gregory Tejada, 20, of Amityville. (Nov. 3, 2010) Credit: SCPD
A Bethpage man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after police said he critically injured a pedestrian in an accident in West Babylon just after midnight Wednesday.
Suffolk County police said Robert Riscica, 58, was driving his 1996 Toyota west on Edison Avenue near Dale Avenue when he struck Gregory Tejada, 20, of Amityville, at 12:05 a.m.
Police said Tejada was standing in the road, but it was not immediately clear why. Tejada was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip in critical condition. Riscica, of Sherman Avenue in Bethpage, was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, where he was treated and released.
Riscica was charged with DWI. He is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in First District Court in Central Islip.
Police said the investigation is continuing.
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