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Lawrence Crash Leaves Pedestrian Dead

An 82-year-old Florida man was fatally hit by a vehicle while crossing a road in Lawrence on Friday evening.

Nassau County police said Theodore Schiffman, of Boca Raton, was crossing Nassau Expressway at the corner of Broadway when he was struck by a southbound Dodge at 5:45 p.m.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he died three hours later.

Homicide Squad detectives tested the vehicle and did not charge the 66-year-old man driving the vehicle.