Driver Flees Scene After Fatally Striking 80-Year-Old Woman

HEMPSTEAD, NY – An 80-year-old woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Nassau County Tuesday night. It happened at 8:53 p.m. in Hempstead.

Nassau Police say the woman was crossing Washington Street at Nichols Court when she was struck by a car. She was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead at 11:15 p.m.

The vehicle that left the scene was found by the Hempstead Police Department a short time later parked on a street in Hempstead. The car was impounded for a forensic investigation. No arrests have been made.

The identity of the woman who was killed is being withheld pending family notification, police said. The investigation is ongoing.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS.

Image/Google Maps – The intersection where the crash occurred Tuesday night.