Photo: Marcellinno Ruiz. From NYSP.
A Wallkill man, 60-year-old Keith Marroon, was killed on Bates Lane in Shawangunk on Sunday when a pick-up truck towing a utility trailer struck the bicycle he was riding.
The driver of the truck, 67-year-old Wallkill resident Marcellinno Ruiz, has been arrested and charged with leaving the scene of the incident.
According to the New York State Police, who responded to the scene, Ruiz was driving westbound on Bates Lane at 12:14pm when his trailer struck Marroon's bicycle, which was going the opposite direction. Ruiz then fled the scene and was later arrested, police report.
Ruiz was remanded to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $250,000 cash bail or $500,000 bond. Police are still investigating the incident.
The Town of Shawangunk Police Department also assisted at the scene.
