Crime & Safety

Police: E. Northport Man Arrested in Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash

Ryan Bales, 24, turned himself into authorities.

An East Northport man has been arrested for leaving the scene of Thursday morning's fatal crash in East Northport, police said. 

Ryan Bales, 24, turned himself into authorities and is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal incident, a felony. 

Bales' vehicle struck Alexander Zydel, whose body was in the roadway on Soundview Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. after he was ejected from his own car when it crashed and hit a tree, police said. 

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Zydel, 20, of East Northport, was pronounced dead at the hospital. 

Bales is being held overnight at the Second Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Friday. 

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