Hicksville Crash Leaves Pedestrian Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 13, 2015

A 52-year-old Queens woman was fatally struck by a minivan while crossing a road in Hicksville on Thursday evening.

Nassau County police said the Olga Aranova was walking across Broadway under the Long Island Rail Road trestle when she was hit by a northbound Toyota Sienna shortly before 8 p.m.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Homicide Squad detectives inspected the vehicle and do not suspect any 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.