Courts & Crime

Greenport Crash Kills Pedestrian

By Timothy Bolger Posted on September 19, 2014

An 86-year-old Laurel man was fatally struck by a car while crossing a road in Greenport on Thursday evening.

Southold Town Police said a 41-year-old man was driving eastbound on Route 48 when he hit Howard Meinke at 7:45 p.m.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was not charged, but the investigation is continuing.

Meinke was the ex-president of the Nork Fork Environmental Council.

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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.