Traffic & Transit
Police ID Pedestrian Killed By Accused Drunken Driver On LI
The pedestrian was trying to cross the road on Friday night when he was hit by a car driven by a drunken driver, police say.
MELVILLE, NY — Suffolk police on Tuesday released the identity of the man who was recently hit and killed by a man accused of driving while drunk in Melville, police said.
Kevin Higgins, 69, who was homeless, was killed in a crash on Broadhollow Road in Melville on Friday, police said.
Shane Decamp, 48, of Coram, was driving a 2016 Mazda CX-5 southbound in front of 400 Broadhollow Road around 9:35 p.m. Friday when his vehicle struck Higgins, who was trying to cross the roadway from east to west, police said. Higgins was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Decamp was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated.
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