Medford man charged in hit-and-run that killed Brooklyn woman in September, NYPD says
The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad said Luis Machado, of Medord, was identified as a suspect in the September fatal hit-and-run crash through an investigation. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
NYPD detectives charged a Medford man on Tuesday with leaving the scene of a September hit-and-run crash that killed a woman in Brooklyn.
Luis Machado, 33, of Medford, was arrested on Tuesday in the Sept. 27 crash that killed Alexandra Huggins, 32, of Brooklyn, when she was struck while riding her bicycle in Williamsburg, the NYPD said.
Huggins was riding her bike around 2:30 a.m. heading south on Leonard Street when she was struck by a blue Tesla heading west on Meserole Street. The Tesla sped away on Meserole Street, the NYPD said in a statement.
Huggins was found unconscious and taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad said Machado was identified as a suspect through the investigation.
Machado pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn court on Tuesday to one felony charge of leaving an accident resulting in death. He was released on his own recognizance and ordered to return to court on Jan. 9, according to court records.
Machado's defense attorney was not listed in court records.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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