A Florida woman was arrested early this morning for vehicular manslaughter, after hitting a cyclist in Carle Place.
According to detectives, Melissa A. McKiski, 22, of Venice, Florida struck a bicyclist while driving westbound on Old Country Road at 12:36 a.m. on Oct. 1. The bicyclist was traveling eastbound in the westbound curb lane when he was struck. McKiski left the scene and was apprehended at Herricks Road and Helen Road in Mineola. The victim, Charles Velasquez, 22, of Bellerose Queens, was taken to Winthrop University Hospital where he was pronounced deceased at 4:32 a.m. by hospital staff.
McKiski is charged with second-degree vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a fatality. She is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, Oct. 1 at First District Court in Hempstead.
