Police: Kevin Brown dies after motorcycle crash; Porfirio Blanco River identified as pedestrian killed
A Hicksville man, seriously injured last week in a motorcycle accident, has died from his injuries, while authorities identified the man struck and killed by an allegedly drunken driver in Hampton Bays, according to Nassau County and Southampton Town Police.
In Nassau, police hospital staff pronounced Kevin Robert Brown, 35, dead shortly before 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
Brown was driving a 2012 Kawasaki around 11 a.m. Friday north on Bethpage Road near Franklin Street in Hicksville, where he was struck in the rear by a 2021 GMC that was being driven in the same direction by a 47-year-old man, authorities said.
Brown was ejected and suffered multiple traumatic injuries, police said. The driver of the GMC was not injured and remained at the scene; no charges were filed, officials said.
Meanwhile, Southampton police identified Porfirio Blanco Rivera, 59, of Hampton Bays, as the pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run crash Friday night.
Blanco Rivera was struck at 7:24 p.m. on Springville Road, just south of Montauk Highway, by a driver who fled the scene, police said.
Witnesses and officers performed CPR on Blanco Rivera, who was pronounced dead at Southampton Hospital.
Police identified the driver as Kenneth Riccioli, 55 of Florida, who was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with a serious physical injury or death and driving while intoxicated.
Robert Brodsky is a breaking news reporter who has worked at Newsday since 2011. He is a Queens College and American University alum.
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