Lawrence Crash Leaves Pedestrian Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 28, 2015

An 82-year-old Florida man was fatally hit by a vehicle while crossing a road in Lawrence on Friday evening.

Nassau County police said Theodore Schiffman, of Boca Raton, was crossing Nassau Expressway at the corner of Broadway when he was struck by a southbound Dodge at 5:45 p.m.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he died three hours later.

Homicide Squad detectives tested the vehicle and did not charge the 66-year-old man driving the vehicle.

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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.