Pedestrian fatally struck by drug-impaired driver on Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore, Suffolk police say
Suffolk police at the scene where a pedestrian was fatally struck by a car off the eastbound service road of the Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore early Friday. Credit: Joseph Sperber
A Bellport man was charged with driving while impaired by drugs after, Suffolk police said, he struck and killed a man walking off Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore on Friday.
Police said the man was walking east on the Sunrise Highway Service Road near the Brentwood Road overpass around 5:18 a.m. when he was fatally struck by a 2008 Mercedes C350 driven by Andrew Holmes Garriques, 27.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Police will identify him after his family has been notified, police said in a news release.
Holmes Garriques and a woman riding in the Mercedes were not injured in the crash.
Police charged Holmes Garriques with driving while ability impaired. He was scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday
Police are asking anyone with information about the crash to call detectives at 631-852-6553.
More coverage: Every 7 minutes on average a traffic crash causing death, injury or significant property damage happens on Long Island. A Newsday investigation found that traffic crashes killed more than 2,100 people between 2014 and 2023 and seriously injured more than 16,000 people. To search for fatal crashes in your area, click here.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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