Eastport Man Fatally Hit by Taxi

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 21, 2016

A 42-year-old Eastport man was fatally hit by a taxi cab in Hampton Bays over the weekend.

New York State police said a driver for Sunset Taxi was traveling westbound on Sunrise Highway when he struck Richard Styles, who was standing in the roadway near exit 65 at 2:22 a.m. Sunday.

The victim was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

State police ask anyone with information on this crash to call them at 631-756-3300.

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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.