Bellport man fatally struck by accused drug-impaired driver on Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore, Suffolk police say
Suffolk police at the scene where a pedestrian was fatally struck by a car off the eastbound service road of the Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore early Friday. Credit: Joseph Sperber
A Bellport man was charged with driving while impaired by drugs after, Suffolk police said, he struck and killed a man walking off Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore on Friday.
Police said the man, later identified as Korey Klein, 37, of Bellport, was walking on the Brentwood Road overpass around 5:18 a.m. when he was fatally struck by a 2008 Mercedes C350 driven by Andrew Holmes Garriques, 27.
Klein was pronounced dead at the scene. Police will identify him after his family has been notified, police said in a news release.
Holmes Garriques and a woman riding in the Mercedes were not injured in the crash.
Police charged Holmes Garriques with driving while ability impaired. He was scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday
Police are asking anyone with information about the crash to call detectives at 631-852-6553.
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John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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