Update: Alleged Hit-Run Driver Surrenders Months After Long Island Woman's Death

Months after a woman was struck by a car and left for dead on a busy Long Island roadway, the driver believed to be responsible is behind bars.

Jennifer Bianco, age 42, was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Holtsville, on North Ocean Avenue near Fish Road, on Saturday night, May 20.
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Michael Mashburn

07/27/2023 2:10 p.m.

Steven Syrop, age 52, of Holtsville, surrendered to Suffolk County Police on Thursday, July 27, in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed Jennifer Bianco.

The 42-year-old, of Bay Shore, was found dead in a grassy area of Holtsville, along North Ocean Avenue near Fish Road, on Sunday morning, May 21.

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Police determined that she had been struck sometime overnight by a vehicle that fled the scene.

Investigators later put out an alert for a blue Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck believed to be connected to Bianco’s death.

Syrop is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal incident. He was scheduled to be arraigned later Thursday at First District Court in Central Islip.

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