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Pedestrian dead, driver charged in hit-run

Investigators are at the scene of a fatal

Photo credit: James Carbone | Investigators are at the scene of a fatal hit and run incident in Hauppauge. (Sept. 29, 2012)

A pedestrian walking along a darkened highway in Hauppauge was killed Saturday in a hit and run, and soon after the driver who fled was arrested, Suffolk County police said.

Thomas Wik Jr., 23, of Nesconset, was killed about 4:45 a.m. on Route 347, west of South Plaisted Avenue, when a 2006 Honda allegedly driven by Craig Williams struck Wik, who was walking east, police said.

Williams,...

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