NYPD detectives charged a Medford man on Tuesday morning with leaving the scene of a September hit-and-run crash that killed a Brooklyn woman.
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 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 and 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.
An arraignment for Machado had not been scheduled on Tuesday and attorney information was not available.
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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.