Police Identify Pedestrian Killed In Wantagh Crash

WANTAGH, NY — Police have identified the pedestrian who was fatally struck on Thursday afternoon in Wantagh as 69-year-old Victor Rodriguez.

The Wantagh 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, he was crossing Sunrise Highway when he was struck by a 2026 BMW X3 30 driven by a woman driving on Wantagh Avenue who was making a left turn onto Sunrise Highway at 2:48 p.m.

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

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