Orlando Yanes, 45, of Hicksville killed crossing Hicksville street, police say
Police work at the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian at Walnut Lane and Jerusalem Avenue in Hicksville on Saturday evening. Credit: Howard Simmons
A driver struck and killed a pedestrian crossing the street in Hicksville on Saturday night, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
The pedestrian, Orlando Yanes, 45, of Hicksville, sustained severe trauma and was declared dead at the crash scene, a police news release said.
The crash happened about 7:34 p.m., according to police. The driver, identified in the release only as a 32-year-old woman, was southbound on Jerusalem Avenue in a 2021 Toyota RAV4 and struck Yanes as he tried to cross the avenue near Gem Court. The driver remained at the scene.
The police homicide squad was investigating, the release said. No further details were released.
Last year, 308 pedestrians in New York State were killed by drivers of motor vehicles, including 63 on Long Island: 26 in Nassau County and 37 in Suffolk, according to statistics gathered by the University at Albany-based Institute for Traffic Safety Management & Research.
More coverage: Every 7 minutes on average a traffic crash causing death, injury or significant property damage happens on Long Island. A Newsday investigation found that traffic crashes killed more than 2,100 people between 2014 and 2023 and seriously injured more than 16,000 people. To search for fatal crashes in your area, click here.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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