Pedestrian Struck For 2nd Time This Week On Montauk Highway In Shirley: Police

SHIRLEY, NY — A man was struck and injured on Montauk Highway in Shirley on Wednesday afternoon, close to where another man was fatally struck in a double hit-and-run on the prior night, Suffolk police said.

Officers responded to a call of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Montauk Highway, near Ormond Place, at around 5 p.m., according to police.

The pedestrian sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Additional details were not available.

David Arnold, 48, was struck across from Walgreens, first by an SUV and then by a sedan that both sped away without stopping, police said. He died later at Stony Brook University Hospital.

Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash involving Arnold 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.