The eastbound lanes of the Sunrise Highway were closed Thursday...

The eastbound lanes of the Sunrise Highway were closed Thursday morning due to a fatal crash between exits 53 and 54, according to officials. Credit: Stringer News Service

A Bellport man walking on a Sunrise Highway entrance ramp died in a hit-and-run collision early Thursday morning, east of the exit for Hospital Road in East Patchogue, officials said.

Joseph Logue, 27, of Carver Boulevard, was pronounced at the scene, Suffolk police said in a statement.

The crash occurred around 5:40 a.m., according to the state transportation website and the police, and closed eastbound lanes for hours.

Anyone who can help detectives should call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS.

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