AMITYVILLE, NY. (THECOUNT) — Salvatore Contessa has been identified as the pedestrian struck and killed in Amityville Saturday night.
Contessa, 51, died after he was struck by a Honda Accord while crossing NY-110, near North Drive, on Long Island Saturday around 10 p.m.
Contessa was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries consistent with the collision.
The 23-year-old Honda driver was not injured.
Police impounded the Honda for a safety check.
The investigation is ongoing.
Suffolk County police say Salvatore Contessa was hit by a Honda Accord around 10 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Route 110 and North Drive in Amityville. The 51-year-old Contessa was pronounced dead at a hospital. The 23-year-old driver was not injured. source
No one was cited at the scene and no charges have been filed in the case.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with possible information on the incident may contact police at 911.
Amityville is a village in the town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,523 at the 2010 census, according to Wikipedia.
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