North Bellport man charged after fatal Bay Shore hit-and-run crash

Prosecutors say Andrew Holmes-Garriques, 27, struck Korey Klein from behind on the south service road of Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore, fled without rendering aid or reporting the crash, and later returned to the scene after Klein was left dead in the roadway.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said the crash happened at about 1:15 a.m. on February 13, 2026, near the Brentwood Road overpass. Holmes-Garriques, of North Bellport, was driving a 2008 Mercedes-Benz eastbound when it hit Klein, 37, of Bellport. Debris was scattered across the roadway after the impact, prosecutors said.

A passenger in the vehicle called 911 at about 5:15 a.m., and Bay Shore-Brightwaters Rescue Ambulance pronounced Klein dead at the scene. Police later found Holmes-Garriques sitting in the driver’s seat and observed a strong odor of marijuana, according to the district attorney’s office.

Authorities said Holmes-Garriques performed poorly on standardized field sobriety tests and was arrested for driving while impaired by THC. Prosecutors also said his New York driving privilege had been suspended. Surveillance video allegedly showed the Mercedes before the crash with no damage and later with a damaged driver’s-side headlight.

Holmes-Garriques was indicted on May 1 on charges including leaving the scene of an incident without reporting, driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He is due back in court on June 1. If convicted of the top count, he faces up to 2 1/3 to 7 years in prison, according to News 12.

The case has also become part of Suffolk County’s broader fight over impaired driving. District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney has said New York is one of only four states that still limits drugged-driving prosecutions to a statutory list of drugs, a framework prosecutors say can leave out impairing substances such as propofol, nitrous oxide, xylazine and bromazolam.

Tierney and allies said in March 2025 that more than 50 organizations were backing the state’s Deadly Driving Bill to close that loophole and strengthen accountability in drugged-driving cases. In Bay Shore, the Holmes-Garriques indictment has turned that policy debate into a street-level warning about how quickly a lethal crash can unfold, and how long it can take before help arrives.