Selden Man Moved Dying Pedestrian From Road, Fled Crash: DA

SELDEN, NY — A Selden man pleaded guilty Monday to leaving the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian in November, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said.

Lan Huynh Truong, 45, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting, resulting in death, a felony, and operating a motor vehicle without a license, a traffic infraction, prosecutors said.

Truong was driving a 2016 Toyota Camry north on Boyle Road in Selden at about 11:21 a.m. on Nov. 5, 2025, when he swerved into the right-hand shoulder and struck Victoria Hutson, 37, of Selden, while she was walking, prosecutors said.

Instead of reporting the crash, Truong got out of the vehicle, dragged Hutson’s body out of his path and onto the shoulder, then fled the scene, prosecutors said.

Good Samaritans tried to help Hutson, but she died at the scene, prosecutors said.

“After hitting Victoria Hutson with his car, this defendant dragged her body off of the roadway and left her to die without reporting the incident to police or rendering any form of aid,” Tierney said.

Later that evening, Suffolk County police found the Camry behind Truong’s home, prosecutors said. Investigators saw blood on the windshield, passenger-side door and passenger-side window, prosecutors said. The Suffolk County Crime Laboratory later confirmed the blood belonged to Hutson, prosecutors said.

Truong was arrested on Nov. 6, 2025.

Truong was previously convicted of aggravated driving while intoxicated, a felony, in 2016, and driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, in 2012, prosecutors said.

He is due back in court for sentencing on Aug. 12. The DA’s office said it will recommend a sentence of 2 1/3 to 7 years in prison, the maximum allowed under current state law.

Truong is represented by Christopher Gioe, who was not immediately available for a request for comment.

“This sentence is grossly inadequate for the conduct and callousness that this defendant displayed,” Tierney said. “New York lawmakers need to fix this injustice and increase the potential sentence for leaving the scene, a crime that has life and death consequences.”