63-Year-Old Dies After Being Struck By Compact SUV In Commack

Police are investigating after a fatal overnight crash on Long Island.

Veterans Memorial Highway, east of Jericho Turnpike in Commack.
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03/09/2023 8:30 a.m.

It happened around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 in Commack.

A 63-year-old man was walking southbound on Veterans Memorial Highway, east of Jericho Turnpike, when he was struck by a westbound 2015 Kia Soul, Suffolk County Police said.

The man, identified as Julio Monteiro, of Valley Stream, was transported to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Kia, a 41-year-old East Northport woman, was not injured.

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.

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