Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash
East Northport driver strikes and kills a Happauge man walking near the LIE.
Suffolk police say an East Northport man struck and killed a pedestrian in Hauppauge last night.
Thomas Martino, 26, of Surrey Lane, East Northport, was driving a 2006 Honda Accord westbound on Express Drive North in Hauppauge when his vehicle struck Robert Denise, who was attempting to cross the road near MacArthur Boulevard at 8:30 p.m.
Denise, 56, of Dorado Circle, Hauppauge, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Martino was not injured.
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Noc charges were filed. The Honda was impounded for a safety check.
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