Man Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash in Franklin Square
FRANKLIN SQUARE, N.Y. (1010 WINS/AP) -- Police on Long Island are searching for a driver that fled the scene of an accident that killed a 46-year-old motorcyclist in Franklin Square.
Mona Rivera reports
Police say John Deiker was on his motorcycle when he was struck by an unknown vehicle at the intersection of Commonwealth Street and Naple Avenue just before noon Sunday.
Police say the vehicle, a Buick Century dated from 1991 to1996, fled the scene.
Deiker, of Franklin Square, was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Deiker had plans to take his wife and two young children to the Sunday matinée of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
"Just horrible how they could just leave him in the street like a dog to die and not stop and try to give him help," said Deiker's inconsolable mother, Virginia.
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