BLUE POINT, N.Y. (1010 WINS) — Suffolk County police are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a man working on a truck along a roadway Tuesday afternoon.
According to officials, at about 4:40 p.m., a 54-year-old woman was driving a 2009 Hyundai Elantra southbound on Kennedy Avenue near Pine Street in Blue Point when her vehicle struck Oscar Lopez-Machado, 44, who was working on a 2006 Dodge Ram parked on the northbound side of the road.
Lopez-Machado was pronounced dead at the scene. The Hyundai driver was transported to Long Island Community Hospital for an evaluation.
The vehicles were impounded for a safety check.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.
