Arrest Made In Hit-And-Run That Seriously Injured Teen E-Bike Rider In Lake Ronkonkoma: PD

LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY — A Lake Ronkonkoma woman was arrested Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run the previous night that seriously injured a teenage electric bike rider, Suffolk police said.

Virginia Waka, 47, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with serious injury, police said. She was issued a desk appearance ticket and is scheduled to appear at First District Court in Central Islip on a later date.

A 13-year-old boy was riding an electric bicycle northbound on Hawkins Avenue when he was struck by a southbound 2012 white Ford Fusion as it turned left onto School Street at approximately 8:30 p.m., police said. Waka continued traveling eastbound on School Street, police said.