Hampton Bays man struck by Jeep has died, police say

A Hampton Bays man struck by a Jeep Tuesday evening as he walked along Montauk Highway near Springville Road in Hampton Bays has died of his injuries, police said Thursday.

Southampton Town Police identified the man as David Krouse, 63, and said he was struck by a 2014 Jeep Cherokee just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The driver remained at the scene and police said the collision has been reported as "noncriminal."

Police said that patrol officers, as well as a crew from Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance and a Suffolk County Police aviation unit, responded and that Krouse was transported via a medevac flight to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he later died.

By John Valenti

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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.”