New Hyde Park Crash Kills NJ Man

By Timothy Bolger Posted on June 19, 2014

A 71-year-old New Jersey man was fatally struck by a car in New Hyde Park on Wednesday night.

Nassau County police said Thomas M. Thomas got out of his car to ask for directions when he was hit by an eastbound Mercedes Benz on Marcus Avenue at 10:30 p.m.

The victim was taken to North Shore University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly later.

Homicide Squad detectives tested the vehicle and 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.