A Wantagh woman was struck and killed by an SUV Thursday on the Sunrise Highway in Massapequa, Nassau police said.

The 60-year-old victim's name was not immediately released.

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A Wantagh woman was struck and killed by an SUV Thursday on the Sunrise Highway in Massapequa, Nassau police said.

The 60-year-old victim's name was not immediately released.

At 10:38 a.m., police said, the woman was walking to the north side of Sunrise Highway at Broadway when the eastbound Suburu SUV struck her in the right lane. The driver, a 76-year-old man from Amityville, stayed at the scene, police said.

The woman was taken by Northwell Ambulance to Nassau University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 11:25 a.m., police said.

A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Newsday Staff

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