Friday, May 29, 2015

MARK TRICARICO, A SELDEN, LONG ISLAND MAN ARRESTED AFTER HE LEFT SCENE OF BOAT CRASH IN PATCHOGUE, N.Y THAT INJURED A PERSON











THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015 

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP)

 A Selden, Long Island man has been arrested for leaving the scene of a boat crash in which a woman was injured.

Mark Tricarico surrendered to Fifth Precinct Crime Section officers  in Suffolk County on Thursday — four days after the accident.

The 31-year-old Tricarico (tree-KEH'-ree-coh), of Selden, was charged with leaving the scene of a boating accident involving injury. He was released on bail and is to be arraigned at a later date. It was not clear whether he had an attorney.

About half a dozen people were aboard the 23-foot boat Tricarico was driving when it crashed into rocks at the entrance of Patchogue River on Sunday evening.

Police say one of the passengers, 29-year-old Danielle Virgilio, of Farmingdale, was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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MAY 25, 2015

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP)

A Farmingdale woman was injured after a boat she was riding in crashed into a jetty in the Patchogue River Sunday night, police said.

The woman, 29-year-old Danielle Virgilio, was transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau, Aviation Section and Fifth Precinct officers, along with members of the Patchogue Fire Department, responded to the crash, which occurred at about 9:20 p.m. Police said a 23-foot 1987 Sea Ray crashed into the west jetty at the entrance of the Patchogue River. 

Witnesses reported that up to seven people were on the boat at the time of the crash. Several of the boat’s occupants were located nearby and interviewed by responding officers but were uncooperative, police said. 

A search of the surrounding waters was conducted to locate potential additional victims but none were found, police said. 

The vessel suffered extensive damage and was secured in place. Police are attempting to locate the owner, who is responsible for removing it from the rocks. 

This investigation is continuing and anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Fifth Precinct Crime Section at 631-854-8526.