Valley Stream Woman Fatally Hit by Truck

By Timothy Bolger Posted on July 19, 2013

A 69-year-old woman was fatally struck by a truck while crossing a street in her hometown of Valley Stream on Friday morning.

Nassau County police said Suzanne Fairhurst was crossing South Central Avenue when she was hit by an International truck that was making a left turn onto West Merrick Road at 8 a.m.

The victim suffered a head injury and was pronounced dead at the scene. The 27-year-old man driving the truck was not injured.

Fourth Squad detectives impounded the truck but found no 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.