Pedestrian Fatally Struck While Crossing Sunrise Highway In Wantagh: PD

WANTAGH, NY — A man died after he was struck by a BMW while crossing Sunrise Highway on Thursday afternoon in Wantagh, Nassau County police said.

According to police, a pedestrian was crossing Sunrise Highway northbound when he was struck by a 2026 BMW X3 30 driven by a woman traveling southbound on Wantagh Avenue who was making a left turn onto Sunrise Highway at 2:48 p.m.

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He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased by hospital staff, police said.

The investigation is ongoing, and the driver remained at the scene, police said.

This intersection has also been the site of a fatal pedestrian crash, police said. Brittany Vega, 14, was fatally struck while attempting to cross Sunrise Highway on Sep. 22, 2010, police said.