Crime & Safety

Great Neck Man Struck, Killed By Car On Long Island: Police

A 76-year-old man was hit and killed by a car on Hempstead Turnpike.

GREAT NECK, NY — A Great Neck man was killed after getting hit by a car in Levittown on Monday, authorities said Thursday.

Shortly after 1 p.m., Nassau County police were called to the area of Hempstead Turnpike and Emerson Avenue for the report of a serious pedestrian-involved collision.

Michael Tucker, 76, was at the intersection when he was struck by a 2022 Hyundai traveling east on Hempstead Turnpike, police said. The driver, only identified as an 82-year-old woman, remained at the scene.

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Tucker was then taken to a local hospital, where he died, according to officials.

An investigation is ongoing.

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