Nassau Police investigate a crash on Old Country Road outside...

Nassau Police investigate a crash on Old Country Road outside the entrance to Roosevelt Field mall on Friday. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp

Nassau police have identified the 21-year-old pedestrian who was struck and killed by a garbage truck Friday morning,

Mahiat Hossen, of Bellerose, was trying to cross Old Country Road near Glen Cove Road at 5:32 a.m. when she was struck by an eastbound 2016 Mack garbage truck, police said.

Hossen was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:37 a.m. by a Nassau County police medic.

The driver of the garbage truck was not injured and remained at the scene, police said.

The crash closed all eastbound lanes of Old Country Road between Glen Cove Road and the entrance to the Roosevelt Field mall for several hours Friday morning. 

The incident remains under investigation, police said.

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