<a href="/topics//Suffolk_County,_NY">Suffolk</a> County police on Thursday asked for the public's help identifying and finding the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision on <a href="/topics//Sunrise_Highway,_NY">Sunrise Highway</a> in <a href="/topics//West_Babylon,_NY">West Babylon</a> last month. 
 The police also released a photo of the victim, Jennifer Wheeler, 30, of <a href="/topics//North_Lindenhurst,_NY">North Lindenhurst</a>. 
 Detectives believe she was struck by a vehicle at around 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 7. 
 That morning, a motorist told police he saw a woman leaning against the center median, and turned around to check on her. By then, others had stopped where Wheeler was lying, dead, in a westbound lane about 500 feet west of Jerome Avenue. 
 Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to make a confidential call to Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS.

Suffolk County police on Thursday asked for the public's help identifying and finding the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision on Sunrise Highway in West Babylon last month. The police also released a photo of the victim, Jennifer Wheeler, 30, of North Lindenhurst. Detectives believe she was struck by a vehicle at around 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 7. That morning, a motorist told police he saw a woman leaning against the center median, and turned around to check on her. By then, others had stopped where Wheeler was lying, dead, in a westbound lane about 500 feet west of Jerome Avenue. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to make a confidential call to Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS.

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