Riverhead Police have released the identity of the man who was struck and killed while crossing West Main Street last Monday.
Police identified the victim as Rosario Losardo, of 629 West Main Street. Losardo was 70 years old, Chief David Hegermiller said. (Editor’s note: In a press release last week, police said the victim was 72.) The victim’s identity was initially withheld by police pending notification of his next of kin.
Losardo was crossing West Main Street from south to north in the vicinity of his residence just west of Marcy Avenue at about 5 p.m. on Dec. 2, when he was struck first by an eastbound vehicle and then by a westbound vehicle, police said. The driver of the eastbound vehicle, described by police as a small, white-colored SUV, fled the scene. The driver of the second vehicle stayed at the scene.
Police on Tuesday located the vehicle at an auto body repair shop and subsequently arrested Christopher Oborski, 45, of Center Moriches on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death, a class D felony.
Oborski was arraigned on Wednesday before Riverhead Town Justice Allen Smith and released on his own recognizance. He is due back in court on Jan. 27.
Editor’s note: A criminal charge is an accusation. By law, a person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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