Brentwood Crash Leaves Pedestrian Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on January 16, 2015

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle while crossing a street in the driver’s hometown of Brentwood on Thursday night.

Suffolk County police said Nicholas Takaki, 27, was driving a Lincoln eastbound on Express Drive South when he struck a pedestrian crossing the street shortly before 6 p.m.

The victim was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, where he was pronounced dead.

The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Third Squad detectives 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.