Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Struck By Drugged Driver Dies Of Injuries: SCPD
The 26-year-old was hit by a 2018 Audi while crossing the street last month, police said.
Update:
NESCONSET, NY - Kevin Hartnett, the pedestrian who was injured in a motor vehicle crash on Rosevale Avenue in Nesconset on September 29, has died of his injuries on Sunday, according to Suffolk Police.
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NESCONSET, NY - A Centereach man was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs after a crash that critically injured a pedestrian in Nesconset on Saturday night, according to Suffolk Police.
Jesse Santucci, 42, was driving a 2018 Audi A6 northbound on Rosevale Avenue by Smithtown Boulevard, when his vehicle struck 26-year-old Kevin Harnett, of Ronkonkoma, who walking northbound on the shoulder of the roadway at 8 p.m., police said.
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Hartnett was transported by Nesconset Rescue ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition.
Santucci was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs.
Detectives are asking anyone who may have witnessed this incident to call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220 TIPS.
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