Crime & Safety
Victim of Fatal Hit-and-Run Identified
Police say man was killed on New York Avenue by driver who left the scene.
The man struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident over the weekend was identified Monday as a Huntington Station resident.
Suffolk County police said the victim was Reinaldo Velasquez-Yanes, 25. He was struck about 3 a.m. by a vehicle southbound on New York Avenue.
Police said the vehicle involved in the crash just north of the East 12th Street intersection was a silver or gray Mercury Grand Marquis, with a model year between 1998 and 2002. The vehicle sustained damage to the front end and grill.
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The investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the Vehicular Crime Unit at 631-852-6555 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
The accident was one of two hit-and-run accidents Sunday in Huntington. The second occurred about 9:30 p.m. on East Jericho Turnpike, and left a man seriously injured.
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