Woman killed in North Hills crash, Nassau police say
Nassau police at the scene Saturday in North Hills where a passenger was killed after a vehicle crashed into a telephone pole, authorities said. Credit: Jim Staubitser
A 76-year-old Queens woman died following a single-vehicle crash in North Hills Saturday, according to Nassau police.
The driver of a 2017 Mercedes-Benz, a 53-year-old woman, was heading southbound at 5:10 p.m. on Searingtown Road when she struck a telephone pole near the intersection with Diana’s Trail, police said.
Nadejda Skokova of Rego Park, a rear passenger in the car, suffered multiple injuries and was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. The driver and her four-year-old son, who was also in the backseat, were taken to a local hospital for evaluation but not injured, police said.
The vehicle was impounded for a brake and safety test and the investigation continues.
Vera Chinese 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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