Woman struck, killed crossing Commack Road, police say
Suffolk County police investigate the site where, they said, a woman was fatally struck in Commack on Monday night. Credit: Stringer News Service
A woman crossing Commack Road in Commack was killed when a vehicle struck her on Monday night, Suffolk County police said.
The woman was crossing the road between Delaware Avenue and Daly Road when a southbound 2002 Cadillac struck her at about 9:05 p.m., police said. A physician assistant from the Suffolk medical examiner’s office pronounced her dead at the scene.
Police have yet to release the name of the woman, pending notification of her family.
The driver, Ronald Thompson, 43, of Wyandanch, was not injured and not charged, police said. The Cadillac was impounded for a safety check.
Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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