Pedestrian struck and killed on Hempstead street, Nassau police say
A Hempstead woman was struck and killed Saturday night by an SUV as she walked on a street in the town, Nassau police said.
Rosie Cubies, 64, was walking shortly before 9 p.m. on Clinton Street, between Burr and Vancott avenues, when a 2017 Honda Pilot traveling south on Clinton hit her, Nassau police said. The driver, 52, stayed at the scene until authorities arrived. Officers conducted a safety inspection at the scene and then released the Honda back to the driver, police said.
Cubies suffered multiple trauma injuries and was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said.
The investigation is continuing.
Vera Chinese covers Suffolk County government and politics. She joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.
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