Freeport Crash Kills Pedestrian

By Timothy Bolger Posted on January 2, 2014

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a driver while crossing a road in Freeport in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day.

Nassau County police said a 73-year-old man was driving his Hyundai westbound on Atlantic Avenue when he hit a man who was walking across the street shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday.

The victim was taken to South Nassau Community Hospital for treatment of severe head trauma but died two hours later.

Homicide Squad detectives impounded the vehicle and found no apparent criminality but are continuing the investigation.

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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.