Mohamed Elromi, of Queens, is pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in South Farmingdale

The victim of an early Sunday morning hit-and-run crash in South Farmingdale has been identified as Mohamed Elromi, 24, of Astoria, Queens, police said.

Nassau County police said Tuesday Eighth Precinct officers responding to a 911 call for a pedestrian struck on Merrits Road found Elromi laying in the road around 3:40 a.m. Police said Elromi suffered “severe head trauma” — and was taken by police ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a physician “shortly after arrival.”

Police said investigators believed the vehicle that struck and killed Elromi to be a short bed silver or gray pickup truck.

Detectives are asking anyone with information about this fatality to call 911 or Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS.

All calls will remain confidential.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

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.”