Police: Deer Park driver strikes Newsday truck, flees scene of accident

A Newsday truck was rear-ended, before an alleged drunken driver fled the scene Tuesday morning in Deer Park. Police say 22-year-old Kaleel Felder, of Deer Park, smashed into the back of the Newsday

News 12 Staff

Oct 13, 2015, 5:11 PM

Updated 3,209 days ago

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A Newsday truck was rear-ended, before an alleged drunken driver fled the scene Tuesday morning in Deer Park.
Police say 22-year-old Kaleel Felder, of Deer Park, smashed into the back of the Newsday truck near the 7-Eleven on Long Island Avenue at around 2 a.m.
Officers say they witnessed the crash and that Felder took off when they approached.
He eventually crashed into a tree and was taken to the hospital for minor head injuries. 
The Newsday driver was not injured.


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