Police: Freeport crash victim has died
Nassau County and Freeport police on the scene where a man was struck by a 2020 Subaru Forester on Sunrise Highway near South Main Street in Freeport Sunday night. Credit: Jim Staubitser
A 49-year-old man who was critically injured when he was struck by a car Sunday night in Freeport has died, Nassau County police said.
Police identified the man as Oscar Saquij-Cruz of Freeport and said he died Thursday.
Saquij-Cruz sustained what police described earlier this week as "multiple trauma injuries" when he was struck by a white 2020 Subaru Forester headed westbound on Sunrise Highway.
The collision took place near South Main Street and was reported in a 911 call at 8:08 p.m., police said.
Saquij-Cruz was transported to a local hospital, where he later died, police said.
The 66-year-old driver remained at the scene and has not been charged.
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