Bellport, NY (SmithtownRadio.com) – Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a bicyclist in Bellport Saturday morning.
Around 7:45 a.m., Felicia Ruperto was riding her bicycle southbound on Station Road when she was struck by a southbound traveling 2003 Dodge Caravan, police say. Ruperto was ejected from the bicycle and landed on the front lawn of 614 Station Road.
Ruperto, 52, of Medford, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. The driver of the vehicle Faisal Imran, 23, of Astoria, Queens was not hurt.
The investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information about this crash to call the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.
