Elmont Crash Leaves Teen Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on October 14, 2015

A 19-year-old Queens woman died when she was hit by a vehicle in Elmont on Tuesday night.

Nassau County police said Amaya D. George was walking across Dutch Broadway when she was struck by a Lexus at 9:30 p.m.

The victim was taken to North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital, where she died.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation but have deemed the crash to be non-criminal.

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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.