Man, 81, struck and killed by car while crossing Hicksville street, police say
A pedestrian was struck and killed while trying to cross Jerusalem Avenue at Parc Lane in Hicksville late Saturday, police said. Credit: John Scalesi
An 81-year-old man was struck and killed by a Honda Civic Saturday night in Hicksville while crossing a street, Nassau police said.
The man, whose identity was not immediately available, was crossing Jerusalem Avenue at Parc Lane at about 7:15 p.m. when he was struck by a 2005 Honda Civic driven by a 20-year-old man, police said.
The driver, whose identity not immediately released, waited at the scene for police to arrive. The pedestrian suffered multiple trauma injuries and was taken to a hospital where medical staff pronounced him dead, police said.
The investigation was continuing.
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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