Man hit, killed by car on Route 110 in East Farmingdale
A man was hit by a car and killed early Saturday morning as he crossed Route 110 in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County police said. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto/kali9
A man was hit and killed by a car while crossing Route 110 in East Farmingdale early Saturday morning, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a news release.
Police said the man was crossing the road's southbound lanes shortly after 5 a.m. south of Price Parkway when he was struck by a 2015 Acura.
The man, who was not publicly identified as of early Saturday afternoon, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph Hospital in Bethpage. There is no crosswalk where he was struck, a police spokeswoman said.
The other driver was not injured, and a police spokeswoman confirmed he was not arrested or charged. The Acura has been impounded, police said.
The Suffolk Police Department’s First Squad Detectives are investigating. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact detectives at 631-854-8152.
More coverage: Every 7 minutes on average a traffic crash causing death, injury or significant property damage happens on Long Island. A Newsday investigation found that traffic crashes killed more than 2,100 people between 2014 and 2023 and seriously injured more than 16,000 people. To search for fatal crashes in your area, click here.
Sam Kmack covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and previously worked as a city watchdog reporter in the Phoenix metro area, as well as an investigative journalist at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
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