Police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck that fled the scene of a crash near the intersection of Sunrise Highway and Henry Street Monday morning.
According to Ron Luparello of the Merrick Fire Department, the pickup truck with Florida plates struck another vehicle which then collided with a school bus.
No children were aboard the school bus when the crash took place, and the driver of the car was treated and released at the scene.
According to Luparello, the driver of the pickup fled the scene.
This is a developing news story. Patch will have more information as it's made available.
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Police Seek Pickup Truck That Fled Merrick Crash
(Credit: Ron Luparello)
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Suzie Alvey May 23, 2013 at 05:20 pm
Mike, The children are sooo cute! A few of them are from your area.
Mary May 23, 2013 at 09:27 am
Correction on spelling: Susan Becchina or "Soo" as we know and love her!
Bobby Stokel May 21, 2013 at 11:17 am
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Michael Ganci (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 12:37 am
We just posted. I was at the scene. Hope this helps! MG…Read More http://merrick.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/woman-struck-by-train-at-merrick-lirr-station
Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!