Hit-and-run in Bellmore leaves 20-year-old critically injured

Updated: 10:20 a.m., March 30: A hit-and-run in Bellmore Tuesday night left a 20-year-old female pedestrian critically injured. 

According to Nassau County Police Department detectives, around 9:50 p.m., the pedestrian was crossing Sunrise Highway at Bedford Avenue, when she was struck by a vehicle that left the scene. The victim sustained severe head trauma and was transported to an area hospital.

Sunrise Highway was closed from Centre Avenue to Bellmore Avenue eastbound due to the accident. It has since been reopened.

On Wednesday morning, the NCPD provided an update regarding the accident. According to officials, at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the suspect, 26-year-old Ashley Martin of Lindenhurst, surrendered to police at the Seventh Precinct. Martin was placed under arrest and is charged with leaving the scene of an accident where a serious physical injury occurred.  Martin will be arrainged Wednesday at the First District Court in Hempstead. 

This is a developing story.