A Long Island man fatally struck a homeless man with his car and then recklessly sped away from the scene, Suffolk County police said.

Daniel Gomez, 65, allegedly struck and killed 56-year-old Erik Ermanovics as he was trying to cross Sunrise Highway at North Indiana Avenue in Lindenhurst just before 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

But instead of calling police and attempting to help the man he accidentally struck - Gomez took off in his 2012 Honda Accord and left his victim lying on the street, police said.

3 Daniel Gomez was arrested after Erik Ermanovics was struck and killed by a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash on Sunrise Highway in western Suffolk County on Tuesday. ABC 7

3 Ermanovics was eventually transferred to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Ermanovics was eventually transferred to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. It is unclear how much time passed between the initial crash and first responders arriving.

After a brief investigation, detectives tracked Gomez down and arrested him at his Brentwood home later that same day.

3 Detectives tracked Gomez down and arrested him at his Brentwood home later that same day.

Gomez is charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash involving a fatality, and is now facing up to seven years in prison if convicted.

Gomez was held overnight and is set to be arraigned in Central Islip court on Wednesday.

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