Roslyn Heights Pedestrian Fatally Hit by SUV

By Timothy Bolger Posted on February 19, 2017

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An 82-year-old man was fatally hit by an SUV in Roslyn Heights on Saturday evening.

Nassau County police said Sion Bakhshi, of Roslyn, was crossing Mineola Avenue when he was struck by a northbound GMC Acadia near the corner of of Hillside Avenue at 7:22 p.m.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The driver was not injured.

Homicide Squad detectives found criminality and deemed the crash and accident.

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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.