Setauket Hit-and-run Driver Kills Man

By Timothy Bolger Posted on August 23, 2013

Suffolk County police are looking for a hit-and-run that killed a 47-year-old pedestrian in his hometown of Setauket early Friday morning.

Joseph Santiago was struck by a westbound vehicle on Ridgeway Avenue at 1:20 a.m., police said.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Vehicular Crime Unit detectives are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information about the crash to contact them at 631-852-6555 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

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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.