Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) arrested Andrew Holmes Garriques, age 27, and a resident of Bellport, today, who was involved in a motor vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Bay Shore early this morning.
He was driving a 2008 Mercedes C350 when he struck a male pedestrian who was walking on the eastbound Sunrise Highway Service Road, near the Brentwood Road overpass, at 5:18 a.m. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Garriques was not injured in the crash, nor was his female adult passenger. However, he was charged with Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs. He will be held overnight at the Third Precinct and arraigned at the First District Court in Central Islip on February 14 .
Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call theMajor Case Unit at 631-852-6553.
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Source: Fire Island News & Great South Bay News
