Cops: Long Beach hit-run driver sought; man critically injured
Police said Wednesday they continue to look for a hit-and-run driver who struck and critically injured a man as he entered his car early Jan. 28 in Long Beach.
The crash occurred on northbound Riverside Boulevard near East Hudson Street at 5:35 a.m., according to the Nassau County police Homicide Squad.
The victim, identified as a 50-year-old man, suffered “multiple fractures and severe head trauma” and was transported to a hospital, where he was in “extremely critical condition,” police said shortly after the crash.
The victim was entering a parked vehicle on Riverside Boulevard when he was struck by the passing vehicle — the force of that impact sending him into another parked vehicle, police said.
The driver never stopped, but “fled the scene northbound on Riverside Boulevard,” police said.
Detectives are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-8477. All calls will remain confidential.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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