East Islip Pedestrian Fatally Hit by Car

By Timothy Bolger Posted on April 12, 2016

A 25-year-old woman and her dog were fatally struck by a car that veered onto a sidewalk in East Islip on Tuesday morning.

Suffolk County police said Skye Brunetti was walking her dog along Union Boulevard when she was hit by a westbound Chrysler sedan near the corner of Harwood Avenue at 9:10 a.m.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, whose vehicle then hit a utility pole, was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of minor injuries.

Third Squad detectives impounded the vehicle and ask anyone with information on this crash to call them at 631-854-8352.

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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.