A drunken driver fatally mowed down a woman crossing the street in Lake Success, then fled the scene Friday night before being arrested, Nassau County police said.

Rajvir Singh Bharaj, 32, of North New Hyde Park, struck a pedestrian, Lidia M. Rivera, 61, around 10:30 p.m. in his 2024 Chevrolet Silverado traveling south near 430 Lakeville Rd., according to a charging document.

After striking the victim, Bharaj fled, and parked about a quarter mile from the crash scene, according to the charging document.

About 15 minutes after the crash, he returned on foot to the scene of the crash and admitted being the driver of the vehicle, which had damage consistent with having struck the victim, the charging document said. He had glassy eyes, his breath smelled of alcohol and he blew a 0.15% on a

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