Personal Injury Law

Long Island Auto Accident Kills Man

The New York Post reported recently that a Shirley man was hit and fatally injured by a pickup truck on the William Floyd Parkway near Sunrise Highway. The accident happened when a Center Moriches woman driving a 2004 Chevy Silverado hit the man and then fled the scene. The accident victim died at the site of the crash.

Suffolk County police say the woman, who turned herself in later, was driving while intoxicated (DWI) at the time of the accident. Police charged the woman with DWI when she did not pass a field sobriety test. Officials have identified the suspect as a Long Island teacher.

Statistics provided by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles reveal that there were 9,202 alcohol-related auto accidents in 2008. Out of these accidents in New York, 355 were fatal and 4,775 were injury-related. It is estimated there were 82 pedestrians killed in all New York alcohol-related accidents in 2008.

Full post as published by New York Injury Talk Blog on October 26, 2009 (boomark / email).