Elusive Escape: Suffolk County Police Pursue Answers in Fatal Hit-and-Run, Urging Public to Break the Silence
Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in Shirley last night.
A man was crossing the roadway northbound, in front of 863 Montauk Highway, when he was struck by a SUV heading westbound on Montauk Highway that fled the scene. The victim was then run over by a westbound sedan, which fled northbound on William Floyd Parkway, at approximately 11:40 p.m.
The victim, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was transported via Suffolk County Police medevac helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-6555 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.