North Amityville Man Fatally Hit by Car

By Timothy Bolger Posted on June 5, 2017

A 40-year-old man was fatally hit by a car while crossing a road in his hometown of North Amityville over the weekend.

Suffolk County police said Rigoberto Galdamez-Lopez was crossing Route 110 when he was hit by a northbound Chevrolet Monte Carlo near the corner of Ritter Avenue at 10:07 p.m. Saturday.

The victim was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bethpage, where he was pronounced dead. The driver was not injured.

First Squad detectives are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information on this crash to call them at 631-854-8152.

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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.