The driver was headed northbound on Park Avenue around 5:50 p.m. on Nov. 26 when their vehicle struck a 2009 Toyota traveling in the opposite direction.
The victim, 68-year-old Fidel Cuadra of Huntington Station, miraculously walked away unharmed. His dashcam captured the crash.
Immediately after, the unidentified female driver that caused the crash, sits seemingly in a daze, before Suffolk County police say she backed up, and took off.
"This person decided to veer into my father in a head-on collision," said Cuadra's daughter, Angelina Ortiz.
She says he was in Greenlawn on his way to visit friends, about five miles from their home.
He was on Park Avenue, with his turning signal on, waiting to safely turn left on Lantern Street.
Two cars drive by just before the hit-and-run driver slams into him.
His 2009 Toyota Sienna minivan is now totaled, and was his life line.
The husband and father, originally from El Salvador, is a kidney recipient, and used the vehicle to get to and from his appointments.
"He's been a transplant recipient for the past 12 years. I've been the one primarily taking care of him since the age of 10," Ortiz said.
Investigators believe the suspect drove a dark red Subaru Crosstrek made between 2018-2023.
A piece of the bumper remained at the scene, but not the license plate.
The glare from Cuadra's headlights block out the numbers caught on his dash cam video.
Police freeze framed the hit-and-run driver's face, and released an image.
Crimestoppers is now offering a cash reward for identifying her and leading to her arrest.
"I don't wish this on anybody getting into an accident but the fact that this person didn't even bother to get out of the vehicle, check if he was OK or anything like that. That's insane," Ortiz said.
Because of the age of Cuadra's vehicle, it's not fully covered. So, his daughter and wife are trying to find him a used car.
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