Massapequa Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Car

By Timothy Bolger Posted on June 29, 2013

A 75-year-old woman was fatally struck by a car while walking along Sunrise Highway in Massapequa on Friday night.

Nassau County police said the victim was walking in the eastbound lane of Route 27 west of Hicksville Road when she was struck by an eastbound Honda Accord at 9:30 p.m., police said.

The victim, Grace Rinaldi of East Meadow, was pronounced dead at a local hospital less than an hour later.

Seventh Squad detectives conducted a brake test on the vehicle and do not suspect any criminality.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.