MASTIC BEACH, N.Y. (WCBS 880) — A Long Island man was charged Monday in the hit-and-run death of a couple killed days before Christmas.
Patrick Poillon, 24, is accused of driving 70 mph through a stop sign in Mastic Beach on Dec. 22, colliding with a Subaru and then taking off.
Authorities say the incident happened just after 10 p.m. at the intersection of Huguenot Drive and Forest Road West.
Both the Subaru’s driver, 50-year-old William Molnar and his wife, 41-year-old Jean Molnar were killed in the crash.
“I will never be able to hold her, I will never be able to see her physically,” said Jean’s grief-stricken mother, Christina Fudenski, on Monday.
She said she is heartbroken at the loss of her daughter and son-in-law, who have four children and two grandchildren.
“Two are 20, one is about to be 17, the other is about to be 16 and then there's a 1 and a 3-year-old. They keep asking for grandma and poppy,” she said.
Poillon's passenger also survived the crash while he left the scene of the crime, prosecutors said.
The judge has set the bail at $500 million bond.
Meanwhile, the 24-year-old’s attorney has said Poillon is innocent until proven guilty.
Although prosecutors say there is surveillance video of Poillon driving with a beer in his hand, because he was arrested a day later, it was too late to check his blood alcohol level.