Crime & Safety
Police: Patchogue Man Struck, Killed in Farmingville Crash
Gerald Pender, 60, dies after accident Monday evening, police say.
A Patchogue man was struck and killed by a car in Farmingville Monday evening, police said.
Gerald Pender, 60, was walking eastbound across North Ocean Avenue at Expressway Drive North when he was hit by a 2000 Honda Civic around 6:30 p.m., police said.
The Civic, driven by 29-year-old Sean Dwyer, of Patchogue, was headed southbound on North Ocean at the time of the crash, police said.
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Pender was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Dwyer, who is not charged with any crime, was not injured.
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Police are asking anyone with information on the crash to contact the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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