A Long Island woman has died after her car was hit by an accused drunk driver who fled the scene.
Police say 25-year-old Melissa Scherr was lost and talking to her boyfriend on her cell phone early Saturday when her car was hit from behind by a pickup truck on Route 110 in Melville.
She died hours later at Huntington Hospital.
Suffolk Police say the driver of the truck, 44-year-old Douglas Davis, fled the scene.
Police say Davis was arrested a short time later and failed a field sobriety test.
He was to be arraigned Sunday in First District Court in Central Islip on charges including driving while intoxicated and fleeing the scene of an accident.
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