Greenport driver charged in fatal Southold hit-and-run: police

A motorcyclist was killed in an alleged hit-and-run on Main Road in Southold on Monday night.

Rufino Tojil-Ambrocio, 42, of Greenport, was riding east near Port of Egypt Marina around 6:04 p.m. when a westbound Honda Civic crossed into his lane and struck him, according to Southold Town police.

Police arrested the Civic’s driver, Jose Perez-Perez, 58, also of Greenport, on a felony charge of leaving the scene of a fatal crash.

An officer heading to the crash spotted the badly damaged car driving away from the area and pulled it over, police said. Mr. Perez-Perez showed no signs of impairment during field sobriety tests, according to police.

Mr. Tojil-Ambrocio was unresponsive when officers arrived. Southold Fire Department rescuers treated him and took him to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

State police crash investigators assisted Southold police.