Cops say driver stayed at scene after striking pedestrian in Sayville

A female pedestrian who suffered serious injuries in Sayville in what authorities earlier described as a hit-and-run, was instead struck by a side view mirror of an SUV whose driver stayed at the scene, according to an updated Suffolk police news release Wednesday.

In an earlier release, the police said the 67-year-old Sayville woman had been walking east about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday on Main Street when she tried to cross Railroad Avenue and was struck by a dark-colored Jeep heading south.

"The vehicle did not stop and turned right onto Main Street to flee westbound, " the release said.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Suffolk police updated the release to say that after an investigation, "detectives determined the crash was non-criminal."

The southbound dark-colored Jeep, identified as a 2012 Jeep Wrangler, "did not strike the pedestrian," the release continued. "Detectives determined the pedestrian was clipped by the sideview mirror of" the Wrangler as it turned "from eastbound Main Street to northbound Railroad Avenue."

The driver, a 57-year-old Oakdale resident, remained at the scene, the police said.

An ambulance transported the woman to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore.

With John Valenti