Pedestrian Killed After Being Struck By Car On Suffolk Roadway

The incident happened Friday, Jan. 15, at approximately 4:25 p.m. in East Patchogue.

Zipporah Johnson,  age 28, of Patchogue, was driving a 2004 Nissan westbound on Montauk Highway, near Scherger Avenue, when her vehicle struck Arturo Peralta, age 77, of East Patchogue, who was walking with his bicycle, Suffolk County Police said.

Peralta was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Johnson was not injured.

The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.

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