Joan Foley killed crossing Veterans Highway; police search for hit-and-run driver
Investigators probe the scene of a deadly hit and run on Veterans Memorial Highway at Fifth Avenue in Bohemia on Wednesday. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone
A pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday morning in Bohemia while crossing Veterans Memorial Highway has been identified as a 59-year-old Central Islip woman, Suffolk police said.
The victim, identified Wedneday afternoon as Joan Foley, was struck at 5:15 a.m. by a vehicle heading west at Fifth Avenue, police said in an earlier news release. The vehicle fled the scene, police said. Police did not give a description of the vehicle.
Foley was pronounced dead at the scene.
Veterans Memorial Highway was closed for several hours near the crash scene before reopening by the midafternoon, police said.
Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the Suffolk Police Major Case Unit at 631-852-6555 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-220-TIPS.
More coverage: Long Island traffic crashes claimed 243 lives in 2022, 29% more than in 2019, Newsday has reported. The level was the highest since 2015, as dangerous driving increased post-COVID-19 and police traffic enforcement dropped, according to a Newsday analysis of crash and ticketing data and traffic experts.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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