Cops: Pedestrian struck, killed in Hempstead
A man was struck and killed late Saturday in Hempstead while crossing a street, Nassau police said.
The victim, Deybin Nunez Fuentes, 35, of Hempstead, was attempting to cross the road near 455 Front St. at 10:30 p.m. when he was hit by an eastbound 2004 Chevrolet Impala, according to police.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, a 56-year-old man, stayed at the scene and the Impala was impounded for a safety check, police said.
The investigation is continuing.
The Hempstead crash was the second Saturday to kill a pedestrian on Long Island. A driver in what is believed to be a mid-size SUV fled the scene in Huntington Station after fatally hitting Bernarda Fernandez, 49, about 3:55 a.m., Suffolk police said.
Fernandez was crossing Jericho Turnpike at Oakwood Road when she was struck by the vehicle as it headed west on Jericho, police said. She was pronounced dead at Huntington Hospital.
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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