ID Released For Man Killed After Being Struck By Car On Long Island Roadway
The identity has been released for a man who was struck and killed by a driver on a busy Long Island roadway, police said.
Ridge resident Michael Leithe, 34, was driving a 2012 Kia Sorento westbound on Route 25, east of William Floyd Parkway in Ridge, when the vehicle struck the pedestrian in the roadway at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, Suffolk County Police said.
The victim, now identified as James Kearns, 46, of Ridge, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Leithe, 34, was not injured. No charges have…
Long Island Man Killed After Being Hit By Three Vehicles
A 35-year-old Long Island man was killed after being struck by three vehicles overnight.
It happened on Friday, March 6 at approximately 6:35 p.m. in Central Islip.
Suffolk County Police Third Precinct officers responded to Hawthorne Avenue, just north of Storey Avenue, in response to a multi-vehicle crash.
An unknown vehicle struck a pedestrian, identified as Terrance Tuffini, of Central Islip on Hawthorne Avenue and fled the scene, according to police.
Tuffini was then struck by a 2007 Toyota Yaris, operated by Mary Doherty, 55, of Central Islip, and was struck again by a 200…
Leonardo Man, 37, Struck, Killed By BMW On I-78 In Newark
A Monmouth County man was killed when he was hit by a BMW while walking on a ramp to Interstate 78 westbound in Newark, police said.
Travis J. Sherman, 37, of Leonardo in Middletown Township, was struck at 8:50 p.m. Thursday as he walked on the ramp leading to the highway from Routes 1 and 9 north, according to New Jersey State Police.
Sherman was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man driving the BMW suffered minor injuries in the crash, police said. No charges were filed, they said.
Police said the fatal crash is under investigation, and that it is unknown why Sherman was on t…
Livingston Man Dead After Car Crosses Over Median, Crashes On PA Highway, State Police Say
A Livingston man was killed in a Pennsylvania crash on I-78, authorities said.
Leopold Bautista, 79, was traveling westbound in an Infiniti sedan when it crossed over the grassy center median and hit an eastbound Chrysler sedan in Lower Saucon Township around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Trooper Nathan Branosky said.
Bautista was taken to St. Luke's Hospital (Bethlehem Campus), where he was pronounced dead nearly an hour later, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said.
Bautista's death was ruled an accident, the cause being multiple blunt force injuries, the coroner's office sai…
