A hit-and-run crash in Central Islip killed a bicyclist on Tuesday morning, according to Suffolk County Police.
The victim, identified as Felix Cesi Oliva Cruz, 65, of Bay Shore, was crossing East Suffolk Avenue at Lowell Avenue on his bike around 6:30 a.m. when two vehicles hit him from behind. The vehicles, described as a dark-colored small SUV and a white sedan, both continued eastbound on East Suffolk Avenue after the collision.
Oliva Cruz was rushed to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, where he died from his injuries.
Police temporarily closed Lowell Avenue for investigation, but it has since been reopened.