BY LONG ISLAND NEWS & PRS
PUBLISHED: MAY 25 2015
PATCHOGUE, NY
Suffolk County Police Marine
Bureau, Aviation Section and Fifth Precinct officers, along with members of the
Patchogue Fire Department, responded to a hit-and-run boat crash that injured a
woman in Patchogue
on Sunday night.
A 23-foot 1987 Sea Ray boat crashed into the west jetty at
the entrance of the Patchogue River at approximately 9:20 p.m. One of the
boat’s passengers, Danielle Virgilio, 29, of Farmingdale, was
transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue
for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
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.
A search of the surrounding waters was conducted to locate
potential additional victims but none were found.
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. Anyone with information on
this incident is asked to call the Fifth Precinct Crime Section at
631-854-8526.