Crime & Safety

Suffolk Man Charged In Man's Hit-And-Run Death: Police

Suffolk police say he left the Huntington Station scene without reporting it.

HOLTSVILLE, NY – A Holtsville man has been charged in connection with the hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead in Huntington Station on Sunday, Suffolk police said.

Kevin Galloway, 53, was charged with leaving the scene of an incident without reporting death, following an investigation by Major Case Unit detectives, according to police.

Galloway will be held overnight at the 6th Precinct and will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday, police said.

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Natividad Interiano was crossing Pulaski Road, at 1st Avenue, when he was struck by a dark-colored SUV traveling eastbound on Pulaski Road, just after 9 p.m. on Sunday, according to police.

The driver of the SUV fled the scene, continuing eastbound on Pulaski Road, police said.
Interiano, 48, of Huntington Station, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, according to police.

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Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-6555 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a confidential police hotline, at 1-800-220-TIPS.

Michael DeSantis contributed additional reporting to this story.

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