Victim of fatal hit and run in Glen Cove identified after driver arrested, cops say

Nassau homicide detectives said Tuesday they have identified the 72-year-old man fatally struck by a motorist who left the scene of an accident last week.

The pedestrian killed in the Glen Cove crash Wednesday was identified as Jose Basurto, of Glen Cove, police said in a news release.

The driver, Carol Cashman of Ayers Road in Locust Valley, was arraigned Monday in First District Court in Hempstead on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident with death, five days  after she struck Basurto, who was crossing the street near 21-31 Brewster St. at 11:13 p.m. Wednesday, police and Nassau prosecutors said.

Police said Basurto had sustained serious injuries and was transported by the Glen Cove Fire Department to a hospital on Nov. 21, where he was pronounced dead.

Police at the time said the driver of a light-colored BMW that was heading north may have stopped initially but had vanished by the time officers arrived. Detectives then sought the public’s help in locating a vehicle with “front end damage, with missing parts and a cracked windshield.”

Cashman's attorney, Marc Gann of Mineola, said she had posted the $25,000 cash bail or $25,000 bond set for her release at arraignment and that she is remorseful for any role she may have played in the crash that took the victim's life. He added that she didn't realize she had struck and killed someone at the time of the crash.

"This is a really tragic set of circumstances and a tragic accident," he said. "My client is remorseful for any role she played in the death of an individual and she has been cooperating with the police to try and make this as right as she can."

Cashman is due back in court Dec. 17, officials said.