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Man Attempting To Cross Busy Long Island Roadway Struck By Van

A man who tried walking across a busy Long Island road was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle. 

The man was hit at the intersection of County Road 39 and North Sea Road, police said.

The man was hit at the intersection of County Road 39 and North Sea Road, police said.

Photo Credit: Google Maps street view/Pixabay via Diego Fabian Parra Pabon

On Friday, Nov. 18 at round 3:25 p.m., police in Suffolk County responded to County Road 39 at North Sea Road in Southampton after receiving a report of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle, according to Southampton Police. 

Upon arriving at the scene, police found 75-year-old Alan Snider of Southampton, who had attempted to cross County Road 39 northbound from North Sea Road against oncoming traffic when he was hit by a Dodge work van driven by a 33-year-old man, police said.

Snider was then taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

Police said that no criminality is suspected and that the man driving the Dodge work van remained at the scene. 

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