Yaphank Pedestrian Fatally Hit by Truck

By Timothy Bolger Posted on October 2, 2015

A 51-year-old man was fatally hit by a box truck in his hometown of Yaphank on Thursday night.

Suffolk County police said the truck hit Arthur Niebergall on Patchogue Yaphank Road at 8 p.m.

The victim was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue, where he was pronounced dead.

Sixth Squad detectives are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information on the crash to call them at 631-854-8652.

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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.