Crime & Safety

Pedestrian Fatally Struck While Crossing Sunrise Highway In Wantagh: PD

The intersection was also the site of another fatal pedestrian crash involving 14-year-old Brittany Vega in 2010.

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.

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

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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.

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